Gypsy Fined $2000 Given 2 Years Term
Gypsy Laura Miller pleaded guilty to false pretense in Circuit Court, accused of swindling Mrs. Bessie Mehring of about 50 000 via fortune telling. She received a two year term with possible suspension if the 1000 fine plus costs is paid within 30 days, and may be released on condition of leaving the state. The case involved return of about 3500 cash misappropriated from Mehring, with Miller stating she could not read or write and had operated a fortune telling business under a city ban.
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Reformatory For Women
Patrick Schnauffer
Laura Miller
Edwin F. Nikirk
Charles A. Price Nelle
North Market
Fourth Streets
Bessie D. Mehring
Keymar
Paid For Wheat He Didn't Have
The General Accounting Office told Congress the Commodity Credit Corporation paid a Minneapolis dealer about 10 cents per bushel too much for four to six million bushels of wheat. The firm reportedly did not have the stock, and the loss is placed between half a million and a million dollars. GAO chief W. L. Efsix prepared the report for the House. Senate Agriculture Committee now investigates. Senator Aiken warned the loss mirrors taxpayer money wasted in hearings.
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Washington
General Accounting Office
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Cargo Inc
Minneapolis
CCC
House
W. L. Efsix
GAO
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen. Aiken ‘R-Vi
Conference Concludes Methodist General Conference
In San Francisco on May 7, the quadrennial General Conference ended a 14 day session with a pledge to continue the no smoking rule for ministerial candidates. Delegates rejected full ministerial rights for women, set church positions on war and peace, revised the social creed, and created a board to study social and economic relations. The gathering, with 720 delegates from about 25 countries, urged elimination of racial discrimination and censured the Federation for Social Action. Negro churches may join white jurisdiction with consent.
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San Francisco
The
Methodist Church
United Methodist Churches
Methodist Federation For Social Action
Bank Clearings Reach Record $73 Million in 1951-52
Frederick Clearing House Association reports total clearings for the year ending May 2 at $73,670,901.50, a 15 percent rise from the prior year and a new local record. Monthly totals show March and October highs, with increases reflecting higher prices and increased local business across several years.
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Frederick Clearing House Association
MacPhail Plans Bowie Race Track Modernization
Larry MacPhail announced major upgrades for Bowie race track to be rebuilt from the ground up after his syndicate gained control for 3 million. Plans include seven furlong chutes, expanded betting windows, parking improvements, a new terrace, infield betting board, and overall facelift set for next season and next year.
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Baltimore
Larry MacPhail
Bowie Race Track
Maryland
Pimlico
Laurel
MacPhail
Bowie
New York
Brooklyn
Kramnistand
Temp hits 84 as sundoubling forecast falls short
The airport weather station recorded 84 degrees Tuesday afternoon defying expectations of highs near 60s. Winds eased after a mild evening, with temps dipping to 49 overnight. A high around 70 is expected today, followed by clouds tomorrow and a chance of showers with warmer intervals on Friday.
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Belie
Warner
Committed To State Hospital For Insanity
A young father charged with assault and battery on his infant daughter was found unable to conduct his case due to insanity and was sentenced to the Springfield State Hospital until he regains mentality. Melvin H. Hooper, near Jefferson, appeared with attorney T. West Claggett. Judge Patrick Schhauffer ordered the commitment after two physicians reported mental incapacity. Hooper claimed head injury but said he was prepared for trial. The defendant pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Charles A. Price prosecuted. The charges stem from repeated beatings of a baby born June 1951, with multiple hospitalizations for serious injuries.
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Springfield State Hospital
Melvin H. Hooper
Jefferson
T. West Claggett
Patrick Schhauffer
Hooper
Mr. Claggett
Charles A. Price
Russel William Zimmerman
Hamilton ‘Avenue
Maryland House of Correction
Zimmerman
West Patrick Street
Schnauffer
Zhamerman
Claggett
Price
Augustus Palm
Three Trucks Damaged In Route 40 Collision
Three trucks sustained substantial damage in a 7:15 AM crash on Route 40 at Plane No 4 eastern end. No injuries reported. George J. Layton of Everett PA, driving a white tractor-tanker, hit an unidentified parked car on Death Curve and jackknifed. The collision involved Oliver MacDonald of Winchester VA in a 1951 GMC tractor-trailer and Charles V Webb of Everett PA in a stake body truck, blocking the eastbound lane for about an hour. Layton faced a speeding charge.
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Plane No. 4
Donald Tucker
George J. Layton
Route 3
Everett
Layton
Oliver MacDonald
Winchester
MacDonald
Charles V. Webb
Fourth Avenue
Damages Sought Over Fall in Old Princess Anne Sidewalk
Annapolis May 7 Town officials of Princess Anne ask the Court of Appeals to reverse a Wicomico County Circuit Court ruling granting Minnie E. Kelley 3250 for a fall on a Beechwood Street sidewalk. Kelley, of Crisfield, dislocated and fractured her right arm when tripping on a protruding brick.
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Annapolis
Princess Anne
Court of Appeals
Wicomico County
Minnie E. Kelley
Kelley
Crisfield
Beechwood Street
Frederick post office extends city mail service area
The Frederick post office has expanded delivery to three more streets Thom as Columbus and Catoctin avenues between Jefferson and Patrick streets. All streets are paved and several new homes have been built. Service cannot yet reach Braddock Avenue in the same area because that road is not paved.
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Frederick
Threvel
Thomas, Columbus
Catoctin Avenue
Jefferson and
Patrick Streets
Braddock Avenue
New A-Blast Lights Skies Over Las Vegas
An atomic blast from Yucca Flat tower lit the pre dawn sky on May 7 a bright flash seen from Las Vegas 75 miles away. The flash at 7 15 est appeared as a quick blink in Los Angeles 250 miles distant. An atomic cloud rose briefly then vanished with no shock or sound.
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Las Vegas
Yucca Flat
Los Angeles
Here
Truman Targets Budget Cutters In Whistle Stop Speech
President Truman, nearing 68, vows to roll back real estate lobby and budget cutters in a whistle stop speech to the National Housing Conference. He accuses opponents of choking public housing and hamstringing national defense while stressing his 21 point program from 1945 and past battles with Taft.
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Washington
Truman
National Housing Conference
Stalin
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Wicomico Board Says Salary Increase Reaches Limit
Salisbury May 7 The Wicomico County Commissioners said the county has reached the limit of its ability to pay after approving a $150 raise for next year for teachers. A delegation from Wicomico High presented a petition for a $300 boost and urged repeal of the state salary scale. The commission stated they support efforts to secure new legislation to meet current circumstances and to equalize funding. The increase matches a 10 percent rise in the cost of living since 1948.
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Salisbury
Wicomico County
Wicomico High School
Bethany College to host first woman speaker at Honors Convocation
Bethany College in Bethany West Virginia will host Dean Elizabeth Eckhardt May of Hood College as the honors convocation speaker on Thursday morning. She will deliver Now in the Days of Youth and heads a luncheon honoring her and the students, who will receive swords on the occasion. Bethany, founded in 1840, is co educational.
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Elizabeth Eckhardt May
Hood College
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
Clark Arrives To Head Far East Forces
Tokyo May 7 Gen Mark W Clark arrived to take over United Nations and U S command in the Far East succeeding Gen Ridgway Ridgway will move to Europe to replace Gen Eisenhower in NATO Clark pledged to seek an honorable Korea armistice Baldwin offers help Baltimore May 7 Democratic leader Baldwin denounced Mahoney and backs the party nominee in the Maryland Senate race
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Far East
Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Matthew B Ridgway
United Nations
U. S
Ridgway
Dwight D Eixenhower
NATO
Europe
Korea
Baldwin
Baltimore
H. Street Baldwin
Baltimore County
George P Mahoney
Maryland
CS Senate
Local Roads Jobs Planned By State Local Roads Jobs Planned By State
State Roads Commission plans spring surface treatments on several county highways. Seventh street pike from city edge to Camp Detrick to be oiled. Route 15 to Emmitsburg. Route 75 to Johnsville. Route 340 to Log Cabin Inn. One-way traffic on Route 15 south of the city will continue during improvements. The most extensive project is four miles on Route 340. Work expected to finish by mid June. Dutcher Construction advances on expressway grading near Hyatts town and Clarksburg. New district office for State Roads Commission to open soon with space secured.
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State Roads Commission
Camp Detrick
Pennsylvania State Line
Emmitsburg
Liberty
Johnsville
Petersville
Log Cabin Inn
Jefferson
Evergreen Point
Baltimore and Ohio
Lime Kiln
Gills
Washington Expressway
Dutcher Construction Company
Hyattstown
Dutcher
Clarksburg
Opera
Thomas Mohier
Inday
Keedysville motorist guilty of drunken driving
A Keedysville man, Russell Long Jr. of Route 1, was found guilty of drunken driving after forcing four cars off Route 40 west of Frederick. Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. jailed him in default of a $200 fine. Witness Mrs. T S Michael testified Long crossed into her lane forcing a stop. Police noted three other vehicles veered off to avoid collisions.
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Keedysville
Frederick
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
Tls Russell Long, Jr
Route 1
W W. Corbin
Frederick City
T. S. Michael
Long
Sgt
Corbin
Clarence
Manuel Beltsville
James H. Rouzee, Jr
Reds Reject Final Allied Proposals in Korea Talks
In Munsan Korea May 7 1951 Communist negotiators rejected the Allied three point package proposing 70000 of 132000 captured in exchange for 12000 Allied POWs plus airfield repairs and Russian supervision, triggering an indefinite recess as both sides warned of the next move. The United Nations Command urged a pause while negotiations resume with full delegations tomorrow at 11 am, amid mutual insistence and a detachment from previous positions.
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United Nations Command
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
U. N. Command
Reds
Russia
U. N
Three Arrested For Cutting Phone Cable
Three men were arrested in Beckley West Virginia for cutting a main line phone cable during a state wide strike. The act disrupted long distance service among Bluefield Beckley Mount Hope and Charleston and knocked out news wires newspapers and radio programs. The arrestees James Vines Steven Underwood and Bill Mowell were taken into custody within 30 minutes of the cable fault.
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Beckley
W. Va
West Virginia
Bluefield
Mount Hope
Charleston
CIO Communications Workers
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele Phone Co
North Central
Morgantown
W. E Webb
Webb
James Vines
Steven Underwood
Bill Mowell
Losier
Cemetery Co. Elects Officers at Annual Board Meeting
Mit Ohxet Cemetery Company re elected officers at Tuesday night meeting in North Market street offices. Lofheers Ames Hendrickson president Hunter Bowers vice president William R Slemmer secretary treasurer Robert A Kime superintendent. Compliments on Mt Olivet Cemetery noted as Sacre tract purchased from Claude Trout for future development remains farmed and not scheduled for immediate development.
Doubt Cast On Future Of Negotiations
Washington May 7 The status of Korea peace talks remains uncertain with a risk of collapse and renewed fighting. Allies foresee possible stalemate and public break with no armistice yet while Gen Ridgway insists on voluntary repatriation of prisoners of war. Officials anticipate formal statements soon.
Ensign Gould Missing After Wasp Hobson Collision
Ensign Theodore Gould Jr of Luthville, grandson of the late John M. Dennis, is reported missing after the April 27 collision of the aircraft carrier Wasp with the destroyer Hobson in the Atlantic. Only 61 of 235 Hobson crew members were rescued. Gould, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Gould Sr, was educated at Gilman and Princeton and was aboard the Hobson.
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Ensign Theodore Gould, Jr
Lutherville
Iate
John M. Dennis
George R. Dennis, Jr
Frederick
Wasp
Hobson
Atlantic Ocean
Ensign Gould
Theodore Gould
Gilman Country School
Princeton University
The
Death sentence upheld in Annapolis rape case
In Annapolis the Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence imposed on Jexset Rev, 25, for the rape of a 15 year old white girl. The ruling comes as final consideration in Washington, where the House Foreign Affairs committee began final review of the foreign aid program after cutting more than a billion dollars from allocated funds.
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Annapolis
Jexset Rev
Court of Appeals
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Taft Wins Easily In Ohio Primary Runaway Delegates Boost
Ohio results show Taft sweeping the Ohio Republican primary with a strong lead in delegate selection, eight unopposed and 46 contested, claiming about 401 GOP convention votes to Eisenhower’s 271. Florida’s first Democratic primary since 1924 yields Kefauver first defeat as Russell edges Kefauver, with 275,728 to 249,802 in early returns. Alabama and New Mexico primaries also distributed delegates. Hurley seeks Senate, with mixed results.
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Associated Press
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Richard Russell
Florida
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stussen
Eisenhower
Russell Wine
Georgia
Rusell
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Runsell
Kefauver
Efauver
Russell
New Mexico
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate
Deans Corecumbent
Red Rail Lines Cut In Major Allied Bombing Sweep
Seoul reports Allied air forces ripped up two Red rail lines in 349 places yesterday and opened 104 gaps today north of Pyongyang. Valley Forge and Princeton crews added 170 cuts over an 80 mile East line near Hamung. An Allied patrol ferociously fought Chinese forces near Chorwon while tanks hit four Red bunkers near Kumhwa on the Central Front.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
Pyongyang
Valley Forge
Princeton
East Onet
Hamung
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Oil Workers to Attend Stabilization Meeting
Denver May 7 The coordinating committee of 22 oil workers unions on strike will attend a meeting with the Wage Stabilization Board on May 13. WSB Chairman Nathan P Fein urged an end to the strike and renewed bargaining. The session aims to give the board background on the dispute, fueling speculation it may refer the case to President Truman and the Taft-Hartley Act to seek a 30 day injunction.
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Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Washington
Truman
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