Acquittal in whipping case ends assault charges
A Negro mother Mamie Patterson had assault and battery charges dismissed after Magistrate Manuel Weinberg found insufficient proof. The boy Donald Jackson remained in protective custody with County Probation Officer Nannie Roderick. Seventeen other docket items were heard with mixed outcomes including fines, jail terms, and several collateral forfeitures.
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Manuel M. Weinberg
Nannie K. Roderick
Donald Jackson
Winchester Hall
Roderick
Mamie Patterson
West All Saints Street
Robert Jackson
Clayton Mason
Webster Luby
Ezekiel Lyons
William E. Frazier
Jefferson
House of Correction
Edward J. Smith
Charles Washington
John Henry Blank
Albert Blank
Sarah Newman
Kerney Randel
John W. Smith
Loren Atkins
Roy Neal Edwards
Keefer Procter
Vernon Rhoderick
Raymond Eyler
George Newman
Edward Richard Grim
Ralph L. Fike
New Windsor
Robert Erle Smith
Baltimore
George Crawmer
Union Bridge
LeRoy B. Myers
Hagerstown
Martin Paul Saylor
Ladiesburg
Joseph Eric Biser
Adamstown
Alexander Sternack
Indian Head
Howard Eugene Lyles
Hyattstown
Sterling Louie Lyles
Clarksburg
Dale Henry Peck
Cockeysville
Richard A. Myers
James R. Amon
Uniontown
Montgomery Council Holds First Law Making Session
Montgomery County Council opened its first law making session under the home rule charter adopted last November. The meeting in Rockville set procedures, introduced two bills to create tax zones in Sandy Spring and Burtonsville, and announced more bills to come.
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Rockville
Maryland
Montgomery County Council
Maryland General Assembly
Montgomery
Charter
Sandy Spring
Burtonsville
T. Garland Ligon
J. Douglas Bradshaw
Lee
Court House
Library Association To Meet Saturday In College Park
Three leading Maryland educators will address librarians at Maryland Library Association’s all day session starting 10 a m in the University of Maryland arts and sciences building. Speakers include Dr H C Byrd Dr Thomas G Pullen Jr and Dr William H Lemmell with over 100 librarians expected.
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College Park
Maryland
Maryland Library Association
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr
William H. Lemmel
Baltimore
May Day Fete at Elmer Wolfe School May Day event planned
The P T A of Elmer Wolfe school hosts a May Day Fete on the school lawn at 7 30 p m May 2 with three queens crowned Mrs Roger Roop head of the adult group Julia Ann Dilly the high school queen and Deanna Warner the primary queen The school orchestra under Mrs William Bull will play the march for the grand entrance Crown bearers Marvin Singer Lewis Messlin and Herbert Festerman All three crowns will be given by County Board of Education Superintendent Samuel Jenness Dean Manifold and Ruth DeVore}
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Elmer Wolfe
Roger Roop
Julia Ann Dilly
Deanna Warner
William Bull
Marvin
Singer
Lewis Messlin
Herbert Festerman
Samuel Jenness
County Board of Education
Towns Officials Re-elected In Walkersville Emmitsburg
Voters in Walkersville and Emmitsburg chose to retain current town officials for another term. Gilmore C. Trout and Ray B. Zimmerman led Walkersville voters with 116 of 119 ballots. Burgess Thornton W. Rodgers and John Hollinger won in Emmitsburg, each with 116 votes. Two ballots were spoiled and a write-in received one vote. Laytonsville kept council members Gover D. Armstrong Luther Howard W. W. White and treasurer Sammy Riggs for another year. Continuous turnout at Walkersville was 89 votes with Trout 45 Zimmerman 38 and other names splitting the rest.
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Walkersville
Emmitsburg
Laytonsville
Montgomery County
Gilmore C. Trout
Ray B. Zimmerman
Burgess Thornton W. Rodgers
John Hollinger
Board of Commissioners
Joseph Hoke
Trout
Mr. Zimmerman
Baxter W. Murphy
Raymond L. Strine
Glenn D. Zimmerman
Tollie H. Wachter
James T. Hays
Cloyd G. Ohter
John V. Nicodemus
Walkersville Board
William D. Powell
Gover D. Armstrong
Luther Howard
W. W. White
Sammy Riggs
Woodsboro
Harry C. Dorcus
Weather figures show May 1948-1949 changes
The record lists daily precipitation for 24 hours ending 8:30 am at .64 inch, May 1 at .95 inch, normal May is 3.66 inches with actual May 1948 at 5.03 inches. Through May 1, 1949 precipitation exceeds by 2.66 inches. Yesterday’s high was 74, previous year 60. low last night 52, previous year 40. Sunset 8.05 pm, sunrise 6.09 am, moonrise 10.54 am, moonset 1:41 am.
Station To Remain Open Monrovia rail station kept open
The Maryland Public Service Commission rescinded its prior order to close the Baltimore and Ohio station at Monrovia and ordered the agency to stay open until further notice. Chairman John H. Hessy and Frank Harper signed the order citing public welfare and shipper interests. A hearing had been held April 19 with local residents pressing for continued service. The commission also took no action on discontinuing a Brunswick to Strasburg Va run pending Virginia action.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Monrovia
Maryland Public Service Commission
Allen W. Nicodemus
PSC
Nicodemus
Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Monrowe
Vernon W. Nicodemus
Siegfried Goetze
Harry G. Turner
Paul A. Zimmerman
John W. Umberger
Maryland Public Service, Commission
Brunswick
Strasburg
Virginia Commission
Associated Press
Nebraska Newspaper Tops Prize At 1948 Pulitzer Awards
The Nebraska State Journal of Lincoln won the public service prize for exposing issues early in the 1948 Presidential campaign. James Gould Cozzens won fiction for Guard Of Honor and Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman took drama.
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New York
Nebraska State Journal of Lincoln
Neb
James Gould Cozzens
Arthur Miller
Columbia University
Malcolm Johnson
New York Sun
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