Miss Fehr Named To County Post
Miss Beatrice Fehr will become home demonstration agent for Frederick county June 1. An announcement at the bi monthly meeting of the Board of the County Council of Homemakers noted her background with the Red Cross in Atlanta and her education at Cornell and Columbia. She succeeds Miss Lou Davis who resigned May 1.
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Beatrice Fehr
Frederick County
County Council of Homemakers
Old Church Street
Fehrwill
Frederick
Red Cross
Atlanta Ga
Nebraska
Oneonta
N. Y
Lester
Montgomery
University of Maryland
Pollock
A. G. Pollock
Maryland
Merkle Ramsburg
Lewistown
Edward H. Mantz
Harmony Grove
William C. Zimmerman
Jug Bridge
Millard
Crum
Miss Leiter
Ruth
Leiter
Route 5
Hagerstown
Infiltration Move Report Revealed in UC Lab Case
Washington May 10 House spy hunters testified that a University of California official’s son assisted a Communist effort to infiltrate the university’s atomic laboratory in 1941. Paul Crouch, a former Communist, said he was aided by the son by driving him to secret meetings in southern California homes. The testimony was given behind closed doors and the official’s name was withheld.
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Washington
House
University of California
Paul Crouch
Miami
Fla
House Un-American Activities Committee
Crouch
New York
California
Milton Brown arraigned on failure to support two children
Milton Brown of Frederick County was arraigned before Magistrate Liam J. Stoner in Thurmont on a single charge of failing to support his two minor children. Docket entries note a jury trial may be held. Betty Jane Brown filed the charge. the warrant was served by the State Police. Bond posted at $250. represented by Sherman P. Bowers. A note mentions the first U.S. strike by Philadelphia printers in 1786 over wage demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Brown
Frederick County
Anliam J. Stoner
Thurmont
Betty Jane Brown
Brown
Sherman P. Bowers
Consumer Income Drops For Third Straight Month
Washington reports March consumer income fell three per cent from December peak, though still four per cent above March 1948. The Commerce Department cites a $2 billion drop to an annual rate of $214.3 billion, led by lower wages and farm and unincorporated business receipts, partly offset by higher unemployment compensation payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commerce Department
Rain strengthens crops across Frederick County fields
Heavy showers totaling 1.25 inches refreshed farm crops including wheat barley and garden produce after a dry spell. May rainfall reached 2.25 inches aiding pastures vegetables and strawberries while orchardists praised the moisture. Corn planting is delayed by wet ground as rivers remain muddy and spillways overflow in places like Buckeystown and Fishing Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shoemaker
Frederick
Buckeystown
Potomac
Harpers Ferry
Fishing Creek
Grove Co. Low Bid For Route 12 Project In Maryland
State Roads Commission in Baltimore opened bids for resurfacing and widening a 1 144 mile section of State Route 12 from Emmitsburg to the Pennsylvania line. M J Grove Lime Co of Frederick was the low bidder at 63960 50 with L R Waesche and Sons Inc of Thurmont next at 71011 25. Other bids ranged from 79278 to 88118 50. A commission meeting is set for Wednesday with a likely contract award then.
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State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Emmitsburg
Pennsylvania Line
M. J. Grove Lime Company
L., R. Waesche and Sons
Inec
Thurmont
Hospital Association Meeting In Annapolis
Some 100 hospital officials gathered in Annapolis for the Maryland District of Columbia Delaware Hospital Association spring conference. Dr James Mackintosh of London urged discussion of Hospitals and Great Britain's New Medical Care Program. Albert V Whitehall of the American Hospital Association outlined Federal hospital legislation. Deed recorded Earl T Hargett and Loraine C Hargett sold residence property on West Fourteenth Street to Charles W Magaha and Kathleen Magaha for about 15000 dollars. Jefferson election district residents appeared for assessments hearings in the Court House office with the Board of County Commissioners and assessors present.
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Annapolis
Great Britain
United States
Maryland District of Columbia-Delaware Hospital Association
James Mackintosh
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Fhe
Albert V. Whitehall
Washington Service Bureau
American Hospital Association
Earl T. Hargett
Loraine C. Hargett
Charles W. Magaha
Kathleen Magaha
West Fourteenth Street
Jefferson Election District
Court House
Board of County Commissioners
Rhoderick Again Heads School Board
George C. Rhoderick Jr of Middletown reelected president of the Board of Education at the annual organization meeting. Charles S. Lane Jr named vice president. Eugene W. Pruitt to secretary treasurer. Staff reappointed. several teacher appointments for the 1949-50 year announced for Towson State, Hood College graduates and local schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Rhoderick, Jr
Middletown
Board of Education
Charles S. Lane
Eugene W. Pruitt
Ruth R. Trout
Pauline J. Bowlus
Barbara §. Ford
Betty S. Crum
Towson State Teachers College
Ann Clotworthy
Emmitsburg
Catherine H. Roderick
Walkersville
Margaret Stauffer
Mary M. Rosencrantz
Frederick
Hood College
Lois Keller
Jefferson
Pauline Toms
Elm Street
Louise Hendrickson
Nancy O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Donald Koons
Frederick High School
Jeanne C. Higgins
Emmitsburg High
School For Music Instruction
R. Kenneth Twenty
Brunswick High School
Gehrig Widow Pleads for MS Foundation Aid
Mrs. Lou Gehrig, widow of the Yankees great, urged Congress to back a bill creating a foundation to study multiple sclerosis. She said her testimony carries weight though she is not a doctor, stressing the limited knowledge about the disease as her husband died eight years ago after his illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankees
Congress
Senate Labor and Public’ ‘Health
To Charge Salesman In Salisbury Theft
Baltimore county police arrested a 21 year old vacuum cleaner salesman from Baltimore on a Salisbury burglary charge. Four pistols were recovered and warrants will be sworn for breaking and entering and grand larceny. The Fallbrook Holland sporting goods store in Salisbury was burglarized Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towson
Baltimore County
Baltimore
Salisbury
John Bittarf
Bittarf
William J. Chatham
Fallbrook-Holland Sporting Goods
Country Club Pays Damages In Crossing Accident Case
A Montgomery County jury found Congressional Country Club negligent in a Bethesda crossing collision that killed three. the club must pay $9,250 to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which had paid $18,500 to victims’ families. Also reports Inter-Club meeting in Frederick with 200 Kiwanis expected and a 19 month old boy who fell from a second story window but was saved from serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Congressional Country Club
Bethesda
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
B. and O
Country Club
Montgomery County
Baltimore
V E Day To Celebrate End Of Blockade Urged By Airlift Men
Celle Germany May 10 soldiers who flew the Berlin airlift call the end of the blockade a personal triumph. They seek a V B day to mark Victory in Berlin as they push for recognition. Pilots and crews favor a holiday while airlift continues to ease supply pressures and train the forces for any future threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celle
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Japan
Truman Lucas
Indianapolis
Ind
Corp
Joseph Howard
Taunton
Mass
Pact sought to ratify North Atlantic pact by July 1
Washington May 10 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee moves to secure Senate approval by July 1 for the North Atlantic pact and a 1.13 billion arms-for-Europe program. Chairman Connally aims to finish hearings within seven days and foresees a two week debate, linking urgency to the Paris ministers meeting over Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Acheson
Jeaders
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
Rmich
Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Man Found Dead Beneath Hotel Window in Baltimore
Milton P. Janssen, 47, a New Orleans public accountant, was found dead under a fourth-floor Stafford Hotel room window in uptown Baltimore. His roommate Onesime Faciane, 58, a Miami restaurant proprietor, was questioned by police. Both had been summoned to testify today in an income tax case against Saul Fehlden, a Baltimore liquor broker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Milton P. Janssen
New Orleans
Stafford Hotel
Onesime Faciane
Miami
Fla
Saul Fehlden
Motorist Acquitted in Reckless Driving Case
George C. Rose of Baltimore was found not guilty of reckless driving by Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg in Peoples Court. He was arrested May 2 about a mile west of Liberty town by State Trooper Charles H. DeWitt. Collateral forfeitures were listed for Robert S. Morris of Clarksburg W Va $6.45 Peter F. Szozda of Toledo Ohio $6.45 and Peter A. Duhamel of Washington $11.45. Trooper A. D. Hasenhuhler made the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Rose
Baltimore
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoples Court
Charles H. DeWitt
Libertytown
Robert S. Morris
Clarksburg
W. Va
Peter F. Szozda
Toledo
Peter A. Duhamel
Washington
A. D. Hasenhuhler
Hankow May Fall To Reds At Any Time
Shanghai dispatch reports 600 Communists moving into Siangkulow about 20 miles north of Hankow with 100 casualties claimed. Hankow residents form a security committee as Nationalist withdrawals near. Liuho action northwest of Shanghai appears small despite claimed decisive victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Central News Agency
Hankow
Yangtze
Siangkulow
Central
Liuho
Youth Dies After Tombstone Collapse At Cemetery
Murray Kentucky May 10 Jackie Young 6 died in a Murray hospital last night from injuries received when a tombstone weighing four to five thousand pounds toppled onto him at Antioch cemetery where he had gone with his grandmother to place flowers on his great grandmother’s grave. The accident occurred Sunday and the boy was trapped several minutes before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray, Ky
Jackie Young
Murray
Antioch Cemetery
Jack Young
Willia Mae Martin
Emily Post Publishes Road Etiquette Booklet
New York May 10 Emily Post issues Motor Manners a traffic etiquette booklet free to motorists. The National Highway Users Conference notes courtesy behind the wheel mirrors broader highway safety. Philip Fleming hails Post for turning etiquette into a practical safety technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emily Post
National Highway Users Conference
Post
American Automobile Association
Slaying Case Ties Local Negro to Jade Shop Incident
Testimony in a Guam court martial places Herman Dennis Jr. near the Jade shop where Ruth Farnsworth was attacked. Prosecution witnesses, including Francis Moylan of Honolulu and James Robert MacDonald of San Francisco, describe sightings and a ride after the shop lights went out. Navy witnesses note Dennis’s views on segregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Herman Dennis, Jr
Ruth Farnsworth
Francis Moylan
Honolulu
Moylan
Dennis
San Francisco
James Robert MacDonald
Post Exchange
Navy
Herman Dennis
Air Force
Sue Blackledge
Keon
Miss
Calvert
Tex
Calvin
Dennis Frederick
Siad
Robert W. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Ground Breaking Underway for Frederick Airport Hangars
Work on the first of ten hangars at Frederick Municipal airport advances as concrete foundations pour and steel is prepared. Four largest hangars lead the project with completion tied to favorable weather and forthcoming steel framing. Contractor RR Patrick Turner, noted builder of the Delaplaine Administration Building, holds the contract for all ten hangars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Frederick Municipal
Patrick Turner
Frederick
Delaplaine
Jury Sought Divine Guidance In Verdict
In Boulder Colorado on May 10 a jury convicted Joe Walker of the rape slaying of Theresa Foster. The second degree murder verdict carries 100 years to life in prison. Walker showed no reaction as the verdict was announced. The judge granted a 30 day window for a possible new trial and postponed sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo
Joe Walker
Theresa Foster
Walker
George Bradfield
Directors Organize at Fidelity Building and Loan Meeting
Directors of the Fidelity Building and Loan Association were elected at the annual Fredericktown Savings Institution meeting. Officers named include President Wm. T. Delaplaine, vice presidents Roger R. Rice and Benj. Rosenour Jr., and secretary James C. Rich. A new series No. 35 was authorized to start Saturday June 4. Frostburg mourns Rev Father John James Reiley, pastor at St. Joseph’s Midland and former St. Paul’s Baltimore, died of a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Building and Loan Association
Fredericktown Savings Institution
Alton Y. Bennett
G. Hunter Bowers
A. T. Brust
James H. Cramer
Wm. T Delaplaine
Holden S. Felton
W. Jarboe Grove
Charles E. Hudson
Sam W. Maples
Geo. W. Myers
Roger R. Rice
Benj. Rosenour, Jr
Robert J. Smith
James
Reiley
Frostburg
John James Reiley
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Midland
St. Paul's
Baltimore
Washington in springtime hums with visiting lawmakers
The Nation Today notes Washington blooms in spring as visitors swarm the Capitol, Commerce buildings, and landmarks. Senators, congressmen, and sightseers climb the steps, tour galleries, and watch hearings, with Acheson, Lovett, and Wallace among the recent figures drawing crowds. Visitors linger for memory of the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, the Washington Monument, and the White House as Congress runs slowly this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
Washington
Congress
Capitol
House of Senate
Osten
House
Senate
Congressional
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Lovett
Henry Wallace
Congressional Library
Supreme Court
Washington Monument
White House
Some Object To Nominee Some Object To Nominee
In Washington on May 10, members of the Senate House Atomic committee voiced dissatisfaction with President Truman's choice of Gordon Dean as atomic energy commissioner. Critics preferred a businessman for one vacancy while Henry De Wolf Smyth, an atomic scientist, was supported for confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House Atomic Committee
Truman
Gordon Dean
Dean
Henry de Wolf Smyth
Congress
Smyth
Commission
Russ Kept U S Troops From Freeing Prague
Washington May 10 Official wartime records show the United States offered evidence that American troops were ready to free Prague but halted at Moscow and Prague's request. A Soviet note to Eisenhower asked to stop at Pilsen, about 50 miles away, and the general complied. Four days later Soviet forces pulled the Nazis from Prague. NELDON CHARGE John Kline 19 West Third street was arrested by Lt Frank Dorsey for tampering with an automobile held on $100 bond. Vernon Roderick Frederick jailed for intoxication on the street with fine and costs. STABBED BRIDE In Rockford Illinois a husband said he stabbed his estranged bride while kissing her after she refused reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Prague
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pilsen
Eisenhower
Neldon
John Kline
West Third Street
Frank Dorsey
Vernon Roderick
Frederick
Rockford
Ralph Johnson
Convictions In Murders Are Upheld In Tokyo Case
Tokyo May 10 Conviction of 23 Japanese for vivisection murders of eight American fliers upheld by Lt Gen Walton H Walker commander of the U S Eighth Army. Review final for most cases except five death penalty ones sent to General MacArthur. Fourteen life terms averaged nearly 130 years each. One woman Shizuka Tsutsui received five years. Five of 28 defendants acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Walker
MacArthur
Lfe
AIE
Yokohama
Far East
Kyushu Imperial University
Isamu Yokoyama
Japan
Kenichi Hirao
Yoshio Mori
Taro Torisawa
Yoshinao Sato
U. S
Shizuka Tsutsui
Bullet Lodged In Man's Brain After Shooting
A 65 year old man near Woodbine identified as Jesse Leo Fisher was shot Monday near his home and had a bullet lodged in his brain. He was rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital in critical condition and cannot talk. Investigators from Randallstown stated the wound’s cause and circumstances remain unclear with possible accidental firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodbine
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Randallstown
Jesse Leo Fisher
Charles Critchley
Randallstown Barracks
Fisher
J. Stanley Grabill
Airy
Grabill
Mt. Airy
Divorcee's Slayer Dies In Hospital
Cambridge May 10 Layton Ruark accused by police in the slaying of Mrs Floya Lewis a 26yearold divorcee died early today in Cambridge hospital State's Attorney Charles Edmondson said Ruark a 49yearold oysterman shot Mrs Lewis in front at her home at Wingate Sunday and then turned his 32 pistol on himself Edmondson said he learned Ruark and Mrs Lewis had kept company for about two years She was the divorced wife of a Maryland state trooper and had a daughter seven years old
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Layton Ruark
Floya Lewis
Charles Edmondson
Ruark
23 Buried Today In Single Arlington Grave
The remains of 23 officers and enlisted men killed when two B 29s collided over Japan in 1945 were to be reburied today in a common grave at Arlington National Cemetery. An Army spokesman said it was one of the largest mass burials at Arlington since World War II, with victims from 12 states receiving full military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
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Philadelphia
Grove Co
Hospital Association
Rhoderick
Gehrig
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Front Royal
Winchester
Westminster
Taneytown
Cumberland
Michael Paul Smith
Pact Weer Oval
Reds
Youth
Tombstone
Stones
Maryland Public Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Manila
Melbourne
Australia
Francisco Perfecto
House of Representatives
Negro
Farnsworth Shop
U.S
Roanoke
Dana Marie Weaver
Christ Episcopal Church
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