One Delivery Of Mail Will Start Monday
The Frederick post office will start one daily delivery per day from Monday under new Post Office Department orders. Stamp and parcel post windows open at 8 a.m. and close at 6 p.m. daily.
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Frederick
Post Office Department
Market Street
Fourth Street
South Street
Patrick Street
Carroll Street
Bentz Street
North Court Street
Court House
Catholic Charities Drive Plans Set At St. Juans
Catholic team captains and workers meet at St. Johns auditorium to map this year’s parish drive under Archbishop Keough. The archdiocese campaign runs May 7 to 17 with funds going to agencies and a Home for the Aged and orphans at Loch Raven.
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St. Juan’s School
Frederick
Francis P. Keough
Catholic Charities Organization
Keough
Dulaney Valley
Loch Raven
St. John's Parish
Herbert R. Jordan
Clervical
W. Clinton McSherry
Appeal Filed In Circuit Court By Faith Clem
Faith Clem filed an appeal in Circuit Court after a magistrate sentenced her to 18 months in the State Reformatory for Women for assault and battery. She remains free on a $2,000 bond pending the appeal.
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Circuit Court
Faith Clem
State Reformatory For Women
Manuel M. Weinberg
Red Paper Apologizes To Stalin For Error
Berlin May 4 Neues Deutschland the East German party newspaper publicly confessed to an unforgivable mistake misquoting Stalin. It printed twelve preconditions for a new type of party and carried a line stating leaders must be chosen from the best elements of progressive fighters so that it will have genuine representatives of the reactionary proletariat. The correction says revolutionary proletariat was intended and the editorial board will take necessary measures.
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Berlin
Communist Party
Neues Deutschland Today
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Neues Deutschland
Extension of Draft Law To Be Voted Soon
Washington May 4 The House Armed Services committee voted 31 to 0 to extend the military draft two years. Congress would decide when inductions occur. The legislation would suspend inductions until a national emergency is declared and curb presidential power over war industries. If enacted, all males 18 to 28 would register and undergo a fitness exam. The measure replaces 18 year olds enlisting for one year and 21 month enlistments for older men.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
House
United States
Defense Johnson
The
Army
Pace
State Department
George Kennan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia, China Amid War Preparations, Newsmen Told
Chiang Kai-shek disclosed to visiting American reporters that Russia and Red China are mobilizing for a world war. He cited 237 planes in Shanghai, 34 ships totaling 37,000 tons from Japan, 23,000 Soviet advisers, and submarines operating along the China coast. He said one hundred Communist divisions are being sovietized and that Moscow promised 600 planes to the Reds.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Russia
Red China
Chou Chi-Jou
Joint General Staff
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Dairen
Port Arthur
Hainan
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Proceeding Filed Here To Clear Title
Equity Court action filed by Mr. and Mrs. A Earl Bussard of Woodsboro seeks to clear a cloud on the title for a lot in Catsheells Addition. They claim an unrecorded deed from 1918 and a 1939 transfer created conflicting claims and ask the court to confirm their title and appoint a trustee to convey the property. The named defendants include descendants of parties to the old deed, with residences in Woodsboro Thurmont Detour Blue Ridge Summit and other towns.
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A. Earl Bussard
Woodsboro
Amy L. Hichelberger
Harry C. Darecus
Nellie C. Hively
West
W. Jerome Offull
Catshall
Amy Eichelberger
William F Cover
Bruce E. Fogle
Cover
Charles W. Dorcus
C. Harry Dorcus
Russell G Eichelberger
Hichelberger
Eichelberger
William F. Cover
Antabuse Not for Home Remedy Says Psychiatrists
Detroit May 4 two American and Canadian doctors told the American Psychiatric Association that will power remains the key to curing alcoholism and that Antabuse is not a home remedy. They said the drug is safe but could trigger severe reactions if alcohol is consumed. Doctors warned some men could be harmed by even a small drink and stressed the need for psychiatric supervision to ensure will power and treatment success.
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Detroit
American Psychiatric Association
Arnold: FBI and groups infiltrate Communist cells
Wellesley Massachusetts May 4 former trust busting official Thurman Arnold told a Wellesley College audience that the FBI and Un American Activities Committee infiltrate Communist cells. He said today every cell is half Communists and a quarter each from the FBI and the committee. He noted the professional informer shaping foreign policy.
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Wellesley
Mass
Thurman Arnold
FBI
Un-American Activities Committee
Wellesley College
Arnold
PBI
Justice Department
Owen Lattimore
Wife Of Pakistan's Prime Minister Speaks Here Friday
Begum Liaquat Ali Khan wife of Pakistan's Prime Minister will make her first formal speech in the United States Friday afternoon addressing the Mood College student body at Brodbeck Hall in Frederick. She arrives in Washington aboard the Independence and, after a state visit, travels to Frederick for a 1 10 p m campus event amid campus tours and a busy schedule with Pakistani embassy staff and media in attendance.
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Begum Liaquat Ali Khan
Pakistan
United States
Mood College
World Family of Nations
Liaquat Ali Khan
Washington
President Truman
Independence
Paris
Prospect House
Begum
Frederick
Coblentz Hall
Brodbeck
Olive Reddick
Hood
Dr. Reddick
Isabella Thoburn College
Lucknow
Sity
Inolla
Begum Liaquat Ali Kahn
Pakistan Women's Voluntary Service
Women's National Guard
Cottage Industries Association
League of Washington
Sulgrave Club
Acheson
MacArthur rebukes Russian demand on Japan bases
Tokyo May 4 General MacArthur called a Russian claim that U S bases in Japan violate occupation policies provocative impertinence He rejected Lt Gen Derevyanko's request for details on reconstruction of former naval and air bases in Japan and Okinawa saying Okinawa is not under international control and bases will be maintained as long as occupation lasts for security and readiness
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Kuzma Derevyanko
Okinawa
United States
Derevyanko
Far Eastern Commission
One in Jail One Dead And One Hurt Near Georges Creek
Lonaconing Maryland May 4 a truck driver remains jailed as authorities study charges after a truck swerved into a group of mine pickets near the Georges Creek Coal Company tipple. Thomas Robertson 44 of Lonaconing died at Fre(st)burg hospital Melvin Cuthbertson 36 of Gilmore suffered a broken arm driver William Hughes 24 held but no charges filed yet.
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Lonaconing
Allegany County
Here
Thomas Robertson
Frestburg
Hughes
Georges Creek
Melvin Cuthbertson
Gilmore
William Hughes
Morgan C. Harris
Methane Gas Kills Four While Recovering Ball
A 13 year old boy slipped into a manhole to retrieve a ball in Tokyo and four people including the boy's father and a neighbor died from methane gas. A fireman entered but did not escape. The tragedy underscores dangerous conditions in urban manholes. In other news the AFL executive council plans a Philadelphia meeting next week to discuss a unified labor front in political action.
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Tokyo
Minoru Tanaka
Tanaka
AFL
Philadelphia
American Federation of Labor
Col H S Brown Dies By Suicide At Chestertown Home
Chestertown May 4 Col Hiram Staunton Brown a 68 year old former New York investment banker and utilities executive was found dead in the pantry at Godlinton Manor his retirement home on Maryland's Eastern Shore. He shot himself after a nervous illness and a note of murder or accident is absent. Brown led Radio-Keith-Orpheum Radio Pictures and chaired United States Leather and Lehman Brothers connections. He leaves a widow and a son Hiramy S Brown Jr a Hollywood producer.
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Chestertown
Hiram Staunton Brown
New York
Finnancier
New York Herald
Godlinton Manor
Maryland
A. C. Dick
Brown
Frank W. Smith
Kent County
Chester River
Rye
Washington College
Air Corps
Lehinen Brothers
Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corp
Radio Pictures
United States Leather Company
Hiramy S. Brown, Jr
Hollywood
Lutheran Hospital Damaged By Fire In Newark
A fire at Lutheran Memorial Hospital in Newark, New Jersey damaged the administration building, cut telephone service, and forced eight maternity patients from an adjacent structure. The blaze, controlled in 20 minutes, did not spread to the maternity ward. eight patients including two in labor were moved to the main hospital as a precaution.
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Newark
N. J
Lutheran Memorial Hospital
Dutch Communists dispersed by police in Rotterdam protest
In Rotterdam police dispersed pro-Communist demonstrators trying to hinder unloading of U S arms from the freighter Empire State. One man suffered a saber cut during clashes as protesters, mostly women, handed out Peace Partisan pamphlets opposing the shipment. Separately, Articles of Incorporation were filed for Frederick Optimist Boys Foundation in Frederick to operate a charitable entity with four incorporators and no capital stock.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Holland
America
U. S
Empire State
Europe
State Tax Commission
Frederick Optimist Boys, Foundation
Frederick
Ssn Capital Stock
Charles EB
Ritchie
C. Lease Bussara
Ernest Stephens
Truman Not Alarmed By Cold War
Washington May 4 President Truman said he is not alarmed by the cold war situation and expects a lower defense budget next year. He noted the situation is better than in 1946 and spoke optimistically of peace. He defended Marshall Plan aid as cheaper than war and attributed deficits to insufficient revenue. He dismissed Senator Tydings’s warning of a near shooting war and said Lie’s talk with Stalin was a routine discussion.
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Washington
Truman
Tydings
Russia
Edwin G Nourse
United States
International Aterior
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
Generalissimo
Stalin
Moscow
McCarthy Says Witness Found in Atomic Espionage Case
Senator McCarthy announced to news conferences that a witness could testify that Amerasia associates shared atomic secrets with Russia in 1945. He named Frank Bielaski, former OSS agent, as the possible source while Bielaski was questioned by the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee.
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Washington
McCarthy
Senate
Amerasia Magazine
Russia
Wisconsin
State Department
Soviet Union
Japan
Frank Bielaski
Office of Strategic Services
Bielaski
Senate Foreign Relations
No Reduction In Liquor Tax
Washington May 4 14 The Howse Ways and Means committee today voted against any cut on Federal taxes on whiskey and beer The committee rejected a proposed 1x wutting bill to reduce liquor taxes by 8 per gallon for whiskey and 89 per barrel for beer If approved this would have freed up about 240 million dollars in revenue The session noted no proposal to cut wine excise taxes was made
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Washington
Howse Ways and Meitns
Smathers Triumph in Florida Democratic Primary
The Associated Press reports George Smathers narrowly defeats Pepper in Florida. Smathers frames victory as liberalism over radicalism amid Taft-Hartley debate. Pepper supporters vow to rally against reactionary Republicans in coming contests. Final unofficial tallies show Smathers leading Pepper with 34,? to 319,170 as counts continue. In Alabama, Hill and regular Democrats contend for party control with runoffs set for May 30 as States’ Rights forces gain seats on the executive committee.
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Associated Press
George Smathers
New Deal Stator
Pepper i Plarida
Smathers
Taft
Jack Kroll
CIC
Ile
Florida
Ivery
Pepper
Wiliam M. Boyle
Reison
Smallers
Boyle
Republi
Senate
Hill
Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Assessors to Start In Creagerstown District
Creagerstown district will begin re assessment work tomorrow as county assessors expand from Lewistown Liberty and Johnsville. A Liberty hearing produced no changes. New valuations are planned for real estate and personal property in Woodboro Linganore and Woodville districts this year.
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Creagerstown
Lewistown
Liberty
Johnsville
Woodboro
Linganore
Woodville
Decree Grants Virginia Myers Absolute Divorce in Equity Court
A decree in Equity Court grants Mrs Virginia L Myers an absolute divorce from Leo Paul Myers a railroad employee living in Washington She receives custody of a child with the defendant allowed visitations and ordered to pay seventy dollars monthly for alimony and child support plus court costs JT West Claggett Sr acted for the plaintiff and E Austin James for the defendant.
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Equity
Virginia L. Myers Brunswick
Leo Paul Myers
Washington
Collateral Forfeited in Early Eeopts Court Session
Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg presided as Conrad B. Davis of Route 1 Frederick and John H. Bowers of Rockwood Pa each forfeited collateral of 6.45 dollars in a brief Eeopts Court session. Clarence H. Godlove of Baltimore and John J. Howie of 605 West Potomac Street Brunswick were also fined 6.45 dollars for crest on HI. State Trooper M J Whitney made the arrests.
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Manuel M. Weinberg
Eeopts
Conrad B. Davis
Route 1
Frederick
John H. Bowers
Rockwood
Clarence H. Godlove
Baltimore
John J. Howie
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
M. J. Whitney
Chrysler's Long Strike Is Settled in Detroit
The 99 day Chrysler strike ending with new contracts, 8000 workers to return by Monday, supplier plants to resume soon, and aim to reach capacity in two weeks. The deal includes pensions and hospital medical benefits, wage increases, and union provisions. Local unions to vote Saturday for formal approval.
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Detroit
Chrysler
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ubset
UWA
Chresler
de Soto
Dodge
Plymouth Assembly
Walter Reuther
Chrysler Corporation
Aison
Kukonmm
New Castle
Evansville
Executor Faces Estate Claim In Frederick County Case
The executor of Tilghman Blessing’s estate filed an answer in Orphans Court alleging mislisted assets and asserting ownership of personal items. He details property claimed or missing, notes items sold or taken years earlier, and asks dismissal while seeking return of pulleys and bolts alleged to be possessed by Benjamin Blessing. The filing also mentions a hog scalder and a self-made item.
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Frederick County
Siledl
Frank L. Blessing
Ladiesburg
Benjamin L. Blessing
Mertha J. Grabill
Mary M. Houck
Tilghman Blessing
Sarah
Frank Blessing
Blessing
Benjamin Blessing
William M Storm
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