Libertytown to vote on incorporation in referendum
Libertytown residents will decide in a referendum Tuesday June 28 whether the town should be incorporated with a mayor and three aldermen to run local government. A special election board will supervise, with candidates listed for mayor and aldermen if incorporation passes. The vote hinges on a closely divided community.
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Libertytown
Governor Lane
Oscar Joy
Eugene S. Hammond
Paul E. Stitely
Duval W. Sneadner
County Board of Election Supervisors
Special Election Board
Still Paint Water Tank Near Frederick City
The city’s new million gallon Fallon water tank on East South Street remains under outside painting with no estimate on completion. City Engineer Raymond Walter says several finishing touches and safety work follow painting, including corrosion prevention rods, a new valve for pumps and indicators, plus grounds cleanup and fencing before the tank enters operation.
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East South Street
Raymond Walter
Frederick
City Hall
Walter
Congress stalls as session drags toward end
Washington May 3 Congress has hit the midway point with slow action and much talk. The Senate and House lag on key bills including civil rights, health, and European arms funding. Only a few measures, like a new rent control law, have moved, while budget fights and filibusters loom.
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James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Truman
FEPC
Europe
Senators Stand Is Rapped By Committee
The Baltimore Committee on Housing Legislation condemns Senators Tydings and O Conor for voting against a housing bill. The 23 member group, including civic church veterans and labor organizations, says the pair are insensitive to residents living in sub standard, squalid homes and has led efforts to address Baltimore housing problems.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Committee On Housing
Maryland
U. S
Tydings
O'Conor
Senate
Just Wanted To Scare Cops Accused Declares
Jackson Moses Stewart admitted shooting a Baltimore policeman, crying I didn’t mean to do it I just wanted to scare em. The 22 year old driver’s helper was captured within hours after Patrolman Charles Valenti was wounded during a routine check near a south Baltimore school building.
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Baltimore
Jackson Moses Stewart
Stewart
Charles A. Valenti
Threatened Ford Strike May Be Off
Detroit May 3 CIO United Auto Workers Local 600 ordered a strike at Ford Rouge plant without international approval. Production slowed, chief cause of a speedup dispute removed, and a follow up meeting scheduled to rule on a written agreement. If Rouge walks out 60,000 Ford workers would be affected nationwide. Hudson layoffs 25,000 workers due to Bendix brakes shortage. plans to resume next week with in-house brakes.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
International
Ford
UAW International Executive Board
Emil Mazey
UAW
Hudson Motor Car Co
Bendix
Hudson
Past Masters Honored At Columbia Lodge No 58
One hundred eighty attendees including 28 of 32 living Past Masters gathered for Columbia Lodge No 58 A F and A Masons annual celebration. Worshipful Master John C Engle Sr presided as Grand Master Harry Schroeder was received with grand honors. Ralph W Rover received Past Master's jewel and apron as James Kirkland spoke. A portrait of Grand Master Schroeder was presented for the Masonic Temple Association, painting by Helen Smith. Music accompanied the dinner served by members' wives.
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Columbia Lodge No
A. F. and
A. Masons
John C. Engle, Sr
Engle
Charles F. Seeger
Eugene Thomas
Ralph W. Rover
Jamcs H. Falk
Columbia
Lynch Lodges
Masonic Temple Association
Schroeder
Helen Smith
Czech Request for U S Aid Rejected in Prague Talks
Washington reports that Czechoslovakia, run by the Communists, sought U S aid to avert an economic pinch. The demand, linked to settling American private property claims seized after the 1948 coup, appeared headed for a firm denial.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
U. S
ERP Turning Point in Cold War
Secretary of State Acheson said the start of the European recovery program marked a turning point in the cold war. He warned the western world not to rest on early gains and urged vigorous forward effort to consolidate and extend the gains into the future.
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Washington
State Acheson
Acheson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Durocher Reinstated as Giants Manager
Lee Durocher was reinstated today as manager of the New York Giants. The decision comes after a period of absence and affects the team’s leadership for the upcoming season with Durocher set to resume managerial duties.
Vandenberg Joins Drive For Economy
U S Senator Vandenberg joined Senator Taft in urging a five percent cut in government operating expenses. He proposed applying the cut across the board to appropriation bills and potentially trimming funds for the European recovery program. Taft said the GOP policy committee would decide soon on a party course to reduce expenses without raising new taxes to avoid a deficit.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Michigan
Appropriations Committees
Republican Policy Committee
Civil Rights Amendment Up For Senate Action On Education Bill
A civil rights amendment to a $300 million federal aid to education bill faced Senate action with sponsors confident of defeating it. Lodge proposed denying funds to states whose public schools exclude pupils by race creed or national origin. Southern state opposition could derail the bill. Earlier, a Lodge amendment to alter school funding formulas was rejected 68 to 11. The bill would base allocations per pupil on poverty and income, with per pupil payments ranging from $5 to over $29.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Aiken
Douglas
Lodge
Offutt Succeeds Price on Local Commission
Mayor Lloyd C. Culler announces W Jerome Offutt will replace Charles A. Price on the McCurdy Field Commission. Other members include Aldermen Burall and Renn, Thomas Glass, and Warner Brittain. Gilmer T Castle Sr wins the McCurdy Field concession bid. his lease covers the current baseball season and fall football period. WIFE SLAM HUSBAND HELD New Orleans May 3 teenage husband Joseph Lailhecugue is jailed for murder after confessing to shooting his 17 year old wife who wouldn’t return to their babies.
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Lloyd C. Culler
W. Jerome Offutt
Charles A. Price
New Orleans
Joseph Lailhecugue
Two Hart Damage is 700 In Collision
A Monday night crash on Route 40 near Crad dock Mountain injured two people. Luther E. Mellen Jr of Towson and Vernon Godwin of Baltimore were treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Mellen was later discharged while Godwin was not admitted. The wreck damaged both cars and left the vehicles headed in opposite directions.
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Craddock Mountain
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Luther E. Mellen, Jr
Towson
Vernon Godwin
Baltimore
Mellen
Godwin
Seven Trapped Die In West Virginia Fire
A fatal house fire in Hinton West Virginia traps seven people including a divorcee Anna June Deeds 24 and her two young children Drema Kay 4 and Hazel Joyce Deeds. Also killed were James Ellison and his three months old daughter Dupa Frances Ellison of Mansfield Ohio and Homer Tincher a guest in the home. Ellison’s infant was found wrapped in a blanket and burned. Fire captain John Lively described signs of a desperate struggle as victims sought exits amid heat and smoke.
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Hinton
W. Va
John Lively
Anna June Deeds
Drema Kay
Hazel Joyce Deeds
James Ellison
Dupa Frances Ellison
Mansfield
Homer Tincher
Lively
Deeds
Ellison
Westinghouse Company
W. J. Ellison
Avis
Summers County
Bedy
Claim Six Warships Sunk By Government Planes
Shanghai dispatch says six war ships captured at Nanking by the Reds have been sunk by government planes, as artillery near Shanghai quieted. The National air force claims to have damaged two more of twelve ships trapped at Nanking, while officials report 10,000 Red troops, 600 trucks, and 300 horse carts destroyed. A Communist radio report claimed Red troops reached Kimen, 200 miles southwest of Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Communist
Kimen
Wild Animal Exhibit Sponsored By AMVETS
An exhibit of wild animals in a large trailer visits Freder ick for several days under sponsorship of the National Service Foundation of AMVETS. No admission is charged but voluntary donations go to support AMVETS service programs for service men. The trailer parks at different city locations to let children see the animals.
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Frederick
National Service Foundation
The
Amvets
Beaten by polio mother saved by beer can opener
Shirley Palmer a 27 year old polio victim crossed the western plains in an iron lung after her husband Bob Palmer 31 improvised a pump handle from a beer can opener when the electric motor failed near Cheyenne. He manually operated the pump for over 10 hours until a replacement unit arrived in Omaha.
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Tihaca
Union Pacific Flyer
Shirley Palmer
Western Plains
Biggs Memorial Hospital
Bob Palmer
North Platte
Omaha
Palmers
Palmer
U S Defense Frontiers In Europe
Washington May 23 Gen Omar N Bradley told Senators that Americas defense frontiers lie in the heart of Europe and urged approval of the 12 nation North Atlantic alliance. He said joint Chiefs are unanimously agreed that in case of attack war would be carried back to the aggressor and the sources of his power subjugated. The plan seeks 1.13 billion dollars to fund arm aid to member nations in western Europe.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
America
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Atlantic Security Alliance
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Free World
Congress
Installment Car Buying Reaches New Peak in March
Washington reports that installment purchases of automobiles rose sharply in March, climbing debt to 2.113 billion dollars from February. Spring demand and longer terms aided the rise, with several price cuts noted as contributing factors and Fed officials studying the figures amid credit control actions since March 7.
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Washington
Tio
Federal Reserve Board
VEW Delegates To Be Selected Tonight
John R Webb Post 3285 Veterans of Foreign Wars will choose eighteen delegates tonight at 500 West Patrick Street for the Maryland Encampment in Baltimore June 24 25 26. Lt Charles W Magaha state police will speak after the meeting and refreshments will follow.
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John R Webb
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Department of Maryland
Vu Fdw
West Patrick Street
WHHL
Emerson
Baltimore
Charles W. Magaha
Maryland State Police
Largest Atlantic passenger load on a C-74 to England
Mobile Alabama reports the largest Atlantic passenger load to date aboard a Globemaster. A crew of 12 and 75 Air Force personnel flew from Brookley Field to England, part of replacement rotations for overseas stations. Return trips will carry a similar rotation of personnel back to the United States.
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Mobile
Ala
Atlantic
England
Air Force
Berlin
Brookley Air Force Base
United States
Eligible For Bond In Delaware Case
Dover Delaware May 3 The State of Delaware moved today to make two sons of Mrs Inez Brennan eligible for bail in a lonely hearts slaving Henry J Ridgely Jr deputy At torney General of Kent county told Judge Ernest V Keith the State is willing that Raymond Brennan 23 and George 17 be admitted to bail Judge Keith set bail at 5000 each Father dies San Francisco May 3 Joseph DiMaggio 69 father of Joe Dominique and Vince DiMaggio dies at a hospital in the city
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Dover
Del
Delaware
Inez Brennan
Henry J. Ridgely, Jr
Kent County
Ernest V. Keith
Raymond Brennan
George
Keith
Stolen Car Recovered With Wrong Tags On It
Frederick police recovered a missing automobile early today after it was found behind Ramsburg feed store at the corner of South Carroll and East Saint streets. The car carried license tags belonging to Judge Edward S. Delaphine, while the owner Miss Maxine Gosnell of Braddock Heights, a substitute teacher, reported the theft Sunday morning.
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Maxine Gosnell
Braddock Heights
Elm Street
Frederick
Ramsburg
South Carroll
East AU Saints Street
Edward S$. Delaphine
Gosnell
Plot to block Allied ships under Communist threat
Shanghai reports a Communist plan to scuttle a ship near Woosung to block larger vessels from the sea. U S Navy says the plot was nipped in the bud while evacuations continue. Three destroyers and an LC troop craft remain near Woosung with daily shuttle runs to Shanghai.
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United States
U. S. Navy
U.S. View Adm
Os. C. Badger
Weosung
US. S. R
Navy
Tientsin
President Lines
Wilson
Woosung
Bund
LCI
Chilton
U. S
Tsingtao
Grocers Meet Draws 600 for Frederick Convention
An estimated 600 to 700 delegates are expected in Frederick for the twenty first annual convention of the Independent Retail Food Distributors of Maryland. The event opens Sunday at the Frederick Armory with Mayor Lloyd C. Culler delivering the welcome, followed by a banquet and dancing. Henry Falk serves as Frederick Association president.
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Frederick
Independent Retail Food Distributors of Maryland
Francis Scott Key
Frederick Armory
Lloyd C. Culler
Armory
Henry Falk
The
Frederick Association
Large Crowd Attends Barter Theatre Dear Ruth in Frederick
A heavy Frederick audience braved Monday night showers to enjoy two and a half hours of laughs as the Barter Theatre presented Dear Ruth at Frederick High School. The wartime comedy, featuring a strong cast led by Helen Bonstelle and Lt William Seawright, centers on a teenager's love letters to an Air Force man and the ensuing complications.
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Frederick
Frederick County
Norman Krasnit
Leutenant
Doya
Helen Bonstelle
Edith Wilkins
Elizabeth Wilson
Miriam Wilkins
Jennifer Bunker
Harry Wilkins
Gordon Sommers
Ruth Wilkins
Virginia Mattis
William Seawright
Caddell Burroughs
Albert Kummer
Charles Durand
Martha Seawright
Betty Rogerson
Chuck Vincent
Harald Klobbermeyer
David Lea
Herman Hauver
Mary Rhoads
Fredick High School
Army Air Force Band
Western powers plan joint Berlin blockade declaration
New York on May 31 reports state that three western powers are near finalizing a joint declaration of policy on the Berlin blockade to present to Russia within 24 hours. Some observers speculate the move could call for lifting the blockade as early as next week.
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New York
Berlin
Russia
Seven Now Face Death For Attack
Martinsville Va May 2 seven Negro men were found guilty of raping a white Martinsville housewife Ruby Stroud Floyd on January 8. The jury convicted James Hairston 19 John Taylor 20 Joe Hampton 20 Frank Hairston Jr 19 Booker Millner 20 Howard Hairston 19 and Francis Grayson 37. Death by electric chair was decreed today for all seven.
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Martinsville
James Luther Hairston
John Clabon Taylor
Mairston
Taylor
Kennon C. Whittle
Ruby Stroud Floyd
East Martinsville
Floyd
Danville and Western Railway
James Hairston
Joe Henry Hampton
Frank Hairston, Jr
Booker T. Millner
Howard Lee Hairston
Francis Desales Grayson
Extended Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Mostly sunny and warmer Wednesday and Thursday extend through the two estate area. Showers likely Friday and Saturday with cooler air moving in later in the week. Additional showers likely in the Allegany mountains. Temperatures will run well above normal and rainfall total about one half to one inch across the region.
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Maryland
Delaware
Allegany Mountains
Two Estate
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