Radio program causes hysteria and station suspends DJ
In Jackson Mississippi on May 2 Bob McKee a radio announcer aired a fictitious segment claiming the moon was falling into the sun and the Mississippi River basin faced an earthquake danger area. The 9 04 p m broadcast triggered immediate panic leading a Baptist minister to halt services and 350 worshippers to warn neighbors. McKee was suspended and then dismissed with station manager James Ownby apologizing for the incident.
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Jackson
Miss
Bob McKee
Mississippi River
H. A. Milner
YWCA
McKee
James Ownby
Obituary: Obstetrician Dr. L. M. Allen Dies in Winchester
Winchester May 24 Dr. Lewis M. Allen obstetrician longtime bank president and horse breeder died after a long illness ages seventy six. He delivered a 1896 Monterey pa baby girl later Duchess of Windsor in 1936. Survived by wife Dorothy Gilpin of Baltimore three sons Howard Owen Allen Washington Lewis M. Allen Jr New York Douglas Brooke Allen Rehoboth Del a brother Richard Holmes Allen Richmond and two sisters Mrs Minnie Latrobe and Mrs Hugh McCormick Charles Town.
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Winchester
Lewis M. Allen
Allen
Wallis Warfield
Monterey
Duchess of Windsor
Jefferson County
W. Va
Maryland
Virginia
University of Maryland
Medical School
Heidelberg
Aft Vienna
United States
Edward VII
England
Dorothy Gilpin
Baltimore
Howard Qwen Allen
Washington
Lewis M. Allen, Jr
New York
Douglas Brooke Allen
Rehoboth
Del
Richard Holmes Allen
Richmond
Minnie Latrobe
Hugh McCormick
Charles Town
Notable births and figures listed with ages and origins
A compilation notes Mary Astor born in Dayton and 58, Herschel V Johnson born in Atlanta 35, Jacob Viner Montreal 7, George Morris of Washington 60, Golda Myerson born in Poland 51. Also mentions many historical figures with birthplaces. Horoscope predicts desire for recognition and affection, then a birthday party for Carol Ann Molesworth on Washington Street with pink and green decorations and a list of attendees. It concludes with a remark that tea is one of the oldest artificially created human drinks dating to ancient China over 4700 years ago.
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Mary Astor
Quincy
Herschel V. Johnson
U. N
Atlanta
Corof
Jacob Viner
Princeton University
Montreal
George M. Morris
Washington
D. C
Chetime
American Bar Association
Chicago
Golda Myerson
Israel
Soviet Russia
Poland
Ife
Carol Ann Molesworth
John W. Molesworth
Washington Street
Wilma Michael
Carlotta Kaetzel
Zella MacArthur
Sherre Gregoire
Bonnie Duddash
Nancy Bradley
Nancy Crum
Barbara Toberg
Judy Hickman
Judy Whittington
Diddie Moree
Marian Wolberg
Resolution Opposes Compulsory Health Insurance
Frederick County Medical Society adopted a resolution opposing any form of compulsory health insurance or national medical bureaucracy. The letter to President Truman and Maryland's lawmakers urges action to block such legislation, stating free enterprise ensures high medical standards and that government control erodes progress. Signed by Dr. M Franklin Birely and Dr. James B. Thomas.
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Frederick County Medical Society
Truman
Maryland
M. Franklin Birely
Thurmont
James B. Thomas
United State
Freder ick County Medical Society Opposes Compulsory Health Insurance
The Freder ick County Medical Society records its opposition to compulsory health insurance and any political medicine aimed at national bureaucratic control. In Priston England on May 2, a bell-ringing incident injured Rev. James E. H. Williams when a bell rope hoisted him over 20 feet, causing possible rib fractures.
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Priston
Eng
James E. H. Williams
West Virginia cabbie wins miles per accident award
Howard Bentley of Charleston and a guest of local operator Harry Ensor displayed the National Safety Council award from 1948 for the "Miles Per Accident Contest." Bentley logged 88.746 miles without an accident during the period cited. The visit occurred in Frederick over the weekend. Despite footballs being called pigskins, they are typically made of cattle hide.
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Howard Bentley
Charleston
W. Va
Frederick
National Safety Council of Chicago
Bentley
Harry “Baldy” Ensor
Psychic Medium and Wife Die in Washington Plane Wreck
A Washington psychic medium and his wife, William S. Boswell and his wife, were found dead in the wreckage of his light airplane near Carroll county. They had been traveling from Richmond to Norfolk and were due back in Washington. A passerby discovered the wreck just before noon, with trees sheared for yards and Boswell likely ejected during impact.
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Manchester
Washington
William S. Boswell
Richmond
Norfolk
Washington Town
Carroll County
Jacob Zepp
Here
Pennsylvania Line
Hanover
Boswell
Plane crash kills Boswell couple identified by papers
Identification of the couple killed in the wreckage was made from papers found on the bodies and by checking the plane registration in Washington. The aircraft was registered to Boswell. Dr. James E. Marsh, Carroll County medical examiner, said the pair had been dead 18 to 24 hours. A nearby resident recalled hearing a plane fly low about two o'clock Sunday but did not hear a crash.
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Anna van de Kreede
Washington
Boswell
James E. Marsh
Carroll County
J. W. Strevig
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