May Day Weekend Begins at Hood College Pageant
Hood College launches its fortieth annual May Day weekend with aquatic shows by the Rhythmic Swimming Club and Swim Workshop in Hudson pool and Gambrill gym. The May Queen coronation for Molly Heineman, a senior, is at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Hudson outdoor theater followed by a pageant and reception. Events include horseback riding, a softball match, and a May Day dance with free admission for the public.
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Risthmic Swimming Club
Hood College
Molly Heineman
Hudson
Rhythmic Swimming Club
Swimmig Workshop
Hudson Pool
Gambrill Gymnasum
Krebs Benchoff
Pathnes
Maveran
Innex
Lewis
Virginia Lewis
Washington
Doris Rencken
Dewarest
Betsy Gehrle
Monongahela
Princess Hood
YWCA
College Athletic Association
Nant
Queens
Kathryn Flull
Newton Highlands
Mass
Heineman
Qelile
Hood
Modern Darice Club
Hood Odette
Kurt Weill
Hudson Garden
Chiibs
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Coblentz
Coblentz Hal
Coblentz Hal. An Informal May Day Dance Will Be Held From Mine Antil
Gambrill Semnasion
May Bay Committee
James
Polio fund drive hits new peak in Frederick region
The Frederick March of Dimes campaign raised 22439.25 dollars with 22420 reported as donated locally, surpassing 1953 by over 3000. Alion Y. Bennett chair praised wide civic effort, noting no new polio cases in 1954 yet ongoing patient care.
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Marth of Dimes
Frederick
Alion Y. Bennett
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Bennett
Roger R. Rice
March of Dimes
Arthur H. Lambert
Meredith Young
Frederick Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Elects Officers
Mrs. Edward C. Hartmann was elected to head the Women’s Auxiliary for the coming year at Frederick Memorial Hospital. New officers include Tustus Nave as panel member, Roberts Davis as first vice president, Vernal Moore as second vice president, W. Jarboe Grove as third vice president, Philip Harvey as recording secretary, Clyde M. Roney as corresponding secretary, Joseph S. Stephens as treasurer, William H. B. Anders as financial secretary, and Mary Condon Hodgson as parliamentarian. The election, at the spring meeting in Evangelical Reformed church parlors, concluded the tenure of Mrs. Byron White who organized the group in August 1952. The Auxiliary now has more than 300 members.
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Edward C. Hartmann
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mgr. Tustus
Dent
Roberts Davis
Ernal Moore
W. Jarboe Grove
Philip Harvey
Clyde M. Roney
Joseph S Stephens
Byron White
White
Page
Five Day Forecast for Western Maryland and Regions
Five day outlook shows a cool weekend followed by a warm spell Monday and Tuesday. Showers likely Tuesday and possibly Monday night in Western Maryland, with cooler air returning Wednesday. Temperatures average 4 to 8 degrees below normal. highs range from the upper 40s to mid 70s and lows from the lower 40s to near 50 in eastern and southern sections.
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Maryland
Problems Of Schools Up At Monday Meet
The final of three public meetings on public school problems will be held Monday night at Frederick High School under the Frederick County Citizens Committee for the Public Schools. Six discussion groups cover farm business home juvenile delinquency college preparation and related needs with panels of local leaders and educators.
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Frederick High School
Frederick County Citizens Committee For
Citizens’ Committee
T. West Claggett
Frederick County Farm Bureau
Harry McDonald
Louis Ahalt
Vong
Middletown
Edward F. Holter
National Grange
Noah Kefauver
County Farm Bureau
Roger Pry
Future Farmers of America
David D Munsell
Ralph M. Parsons Company
Herschel M. James
Duval Sneadner
Byron A. Winebrewer
Potomac. Edison Company
James McCanner
Everedy Company
Charles Hicks
Frontiers of America
Ada Rinna
Board of Education
Howard Smith
Ray H Smith
Frederick County
Elizabeth Amery
James Ranck
Frederick High
Eunice Hutchins
Lincoln High
Hyden Hoffman
Middigtoun
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles McC. Mathias
Children’s Aid Society
Szi W W
Frederick Edds
Hood College
William Lo
Peace talks to begin on Saturday in Indochina
Western powers announced plans to open Indochina peace talks tomorrow with a rotating chair by Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov. Britain’s W D Allen will notify Andrei Gromyko, while Bidault and Bedell Smith finalized strategy. Bidault hoped to avoid Dien Bien Phu truce questions at the talks. Huang Hua of Red China warned of possible trouble amid progress.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
W.D. Allen
Andrei Gromyko
Fden
Georges Bidault
Walter Bedell Smith
Bidault
Dien Bien Phu
France
Korea
Red China
Huang Hua
Two Sentenced To Die In Gas Chamber
SAN FRANCISCO Two former private detectives Harold Jackson aged 52 and Joseph Lear aged 43 faced the gas chamber after a California Little Lindbergh kidnapping conviction for kidnapping Leonard Moskowitz, 36, a real estate broker, on January 16. They had demanded 3.5 million dollars and 300 thousand in ransom. Moskovitz was chained and threatened with a knife for 61 hours before rescue by police. Jurors thus imposed automatic death sentences with no leniency.
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San Francisco
San Quentin
Dapper
Harold Jackson
Mild Joseph Lear
California
Leonard Moskovitz
Moskovitz
Jackson
Lear
Final Arguments in Baltimore Conspiracy Trial
Final arguments were scheduled today in the trial of Peoples Holding Corp and two officers accused of conspiring to defraud the city in the construction of an off street parking garage. A ban on the Olney theater looms as inspectors deem the building unsafe for a play tonight.
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Baltimore
Peoples Holding Corp
Olney
Ofney Theater
Last Draft Deferment Test Set For May 20
Selective Service reminded college students the last educational deferment test for the school year will be held May 2. Those who have not taken a prior test have until May 10 to apply. Students need certificates of admission to enter testing centers and local draft boards will review deferment cases at year end.
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Washington
Hood College to lose Dr Eddy for Georgetown post
Dr Frederick D Eddy head of Hood College modern language dept since 1950 will depart this summer to become associate professor of French at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Washington DC He will be succeeded by Dr Elizabeth L Towle of Mt Holyoke College Towle native of Dover NH graduate of Smith College with MA and PhD from Radcliffe College She did graduate work at Teachers College Columbia Middlebury and taught at Radcliffe and Mount Holyoke During World War II Towle served in the Marine Corps as personnel officer for a night fighter detachment Eddy helped establish Hood language lab and boosted foreign language interest He received a grant for summer linguistics study from the American Council of Learned Societies and will leave Hood after commencement in June He is active in education and community affairs including a state committee on foreign language teaching and local school programs near Hood
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Frederick D. Eddy
Hood College
Institute of Languages and Linguistics
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
Hood
Elizabeth L. Towle
Mt. Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
Towle
Dover, N. H
Smith College
Radcliffe College
Teachers College
Columbia University
Middlebury College
Aceuty
Cooperative Government Association
Canterbury Club
Loon
American Association of University Professors
Eddy
American Council of Learned Societies
Thorneas G. Pullen
Eday
Hood Siris
Frederik High School
Citizens’ Committee On Public Schools
Francis Gordon
Church
Dr Truitt to Retire as State Education Director
Dr Rearmaid Vo Trinh has indicated he will retire as director of the State Department of Research and Education on May 20.
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Truitt
Baltimore
Rearmaid Vo Trinh
Retir
State Department of Research and Educa+tion
Three Way Proposal Restores Main As Police Chief In Frederick
Charles V. Main, chief of police since March 17, 1932, was removed and reappointed as chief with lieutenant appointment under a new ordinance creating a fourth police lieutenant slot. Mayor Size and the Board approved the action, citing merit system security and reinstatement rights within the lieutenant rank. Salary ranges were updated, with chief’s pay at $5,900 to $5,600 max, and lieutenants now set at $3,700 to $4,100.
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Charles V. Main
Donald E. Size
Board of Muellei
W. Jerome Offutt
Frederick
Rice
Main
Beard
FBI
Washington
Police Commission
Public Safety
Profits Of 616 Corporations Roughly Steady In Quarter
New York reports profits of 616 leading American companies for the recent quarter nearly match last year with total net income of 1.854 billion dollars versus 1.878 billion. Tax policy changes reduced excess levies and aided earnings with General Motors and Du Pont among notable gainers. A Maryland bankers convention is planned in Atlantic City on May 11 with attendees from Frederick and surrounding areas. The stock market showed a continued push higher in early trading, marking the sixth rise in seven sessions.
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New York
General Motors Corp
Pont de Nemours & Co
Mllion
Marsland
Atlant City
Maryland Bankers Association
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall
Fredenck
Atlantic Ciy
Arthur Vo Myer
Edward D. Shriner
Bol Shull
Ross Mears
Whob. Anders
Richard B Kline
G. Raymond Shipley
James If Grove
Roland Wo Barhauzh
Eimer
Eshiema Robert Ho Rontzahn
Middletown
Thomas F Steffes
Thurmont
Gail £. Catshall
Georce W. Smith
Harry C. Doreus
Woodsboro
Cloudy And Cool Is Outlook For Saturday
The forecast calls for cool, unsettled conditions with scattered showers later today and possible thunder storms. A cool weekend is expected with highs in the sixties and mostly cloudy skies. Early today the low was around 40 degrees and Thursday’s high reached 62.
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Ohio
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Business leaders weigh Stevens clash as McCarthy scene demeans
HOT SPRINGS VA. Top men of business, 100 industry leaders from the Commerce Depart ment advisory council, convene amid an Army Stevens crisis and McCarthy clash. They report an encouraging economy but express concern over Stevens testimony and government appointments. Some call the televised dispute outrageous while noting the council may refrain from a formal stance, yet pledge continued willingness to aid for proper posts.
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Hot Springs
Washington
Business Advisory Council
The
Commerce Department
Stevens
Senate
Blue Ribbon Organization of
Bob Stevens
Sidney Weinberg
Goldman, Sachs & Co
New York
Sen
McCarthy R-Wisi
Council
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Defense
Wilson
Secretary of the
Treasury
Permit Cancelled After Complaints Against Magaz ine Sales Crew
Police complaints led Frederick city officials to cancel the registration permit for a group of magazine salesmen working in the city. One man allegedly made false statements to secure a subscription claiming he was from an orphanage. The crew was brought to City Hall, permit canceled, and they left for Hagerstown. A separate note reports Mrs Holmes D Baker of Waverley Farm breaking her leg in Neuchatel Switzerland while vacationing, and unlikely to return for treatment during the trip. Maj Gen Paul Fe Yount announced the Army will test a one man helicopter built by Fairchild Aircraft’s West Coast division in a recent briefing.
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Cty
City Hall
Frederick
Hagerstown
Europe
Holmes D. Baker
Waverley Farm
Eurene
Neuchatel
Swaitverland
Switzerland
Baltimore
Paul FE Yount
Army Chief of Transportation
Army
Fairchild = Aircraft
New West, ‘Coast
Dien Bien Phu Falls as French Defenses Collapse
Premier Laniel announced Dien Bien Phu has been submerged after 20 hours of combat, as the Isabelle fortress held briefly three miles south. Gen. De Castries and nurse Genevieve de Galard Terraube are reported with uncertain fates amid a 14,000-strong French garrison facing Ho Giap’s rebel forces outnumbering them four to one.
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Paris
Dien Bien Phu
Joseph Laniel
Indochina
Isabelle
French Union
Christian de Castries
de Castries
Genevieve de Galard Terraube
Laniel
National Assembly
France
Geneva
Tien Bien Phi
Asia
Ho Nguyen Giap
Williamsport Man Victim of Gun Blast
John Roy Stevens a 58 year old junk dealer was killed by a shotgun blast early this morning after an assailant knocked on the front door and fired as Stevens started to open the glass door Mrs Trixie McPherson Stevens daughter told police the family had gone to bed on the second floor and a knock woke them seconds later a gunshot rang out Nils McPherson found the victim in a small room off the kitchen with the injuries described and the attacker fled
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Williamsport
John Roy Stevens
Stevens
Trixie McPherson
Nils McPherson
Big Pool Shrinking and Overstocked With Fish
A Maryland official says Big Pool near Hagerstown has shrunk to about one eighth its normal size and is overstocked with bass sunfish verch and carp. Nelson Swink of the Game and Inland Fish Commission proposes seining 15 miles west to remove roughly 75 percent of the fish. Any seized fish would be released into the Potomac River.
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Hagerstown
Big Pool
Maryland
Nelson Swink
The
Game and Inland Fish Commission
Suink
Potomac River
Unemployment Drops 260,000 in April Report
Washington reports unemployment fell by 260 000 in April, the first monthly decline since October, while employment rose by about 500 000. The government data show mixed signs as jobless figures improve amid ongoing labor market shifts.
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Washington
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