Miraculous Escape As Train Demolishes Car Near Knoxville
Three Baltimoreans escaped death when their 1952 two door Volkswagen was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train west of Knoxville. Karl Undesser 33 suffered a broken elbow and head lacerations Mrs Undesser 26 had a fractured arm and facial injuries Dr Karl Griel 39 treated for head lacerations. The car skidded on wet pavement and plunged onto the tracks as the train passed, tossing Undesser onto the ties. The locomotive engineer stopped the train and rescued the victims. The victims are natives of Austria with Undesser a student on scholarship and Griel a physician in Baltimore. The accident occurred about 12 35 pm Saturday with a one hour delay before the train continued westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Knoxville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Undesser
Karl Franz Griel
Sheldon Avenue
Lieut. M. McGaha
Andesser
Joseph Stakem
Volkswagon
Weverton
F. L. Morris
Cumberland
R. Pentoney
Brunswick
Austria
Andesstr
Griel
Baltimore
High School Band Second in AAA Parade Contest
Frederick High School’s band placed second in the senior division of the AAA safety parade in Washington. Directed by Sperry L. Storm, the band earned 50 dollars and a trophy for Maryland’s top entry, while Westminster High won the slogan contest with Best Patrol Is Self Control. The F H S band trailed Pottstown Pa and Wicomico Senior High placed third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Pottstown
Wicomico Senior High
Salisbury
UNC: Nation's oldest state university founded in 1789
The University of North Carolina, chartered in 1789, claims status as the oldest state university in the United States. It traces its origins to early American higher education and has grown into a landmark public institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of North Carolina
United States
Short Circuit In White Way System
A shorted electric cable in the North Market Street light system caused alarms and a fire department response. Gasoline ignited in a gutter between Third and Fourth streets, with reports of a possible underground garmalin fire and an imminent explosion. Fire crews tracked the issue to a water pipe and light cable short, cut the white-way circuit, and kept it off overnight. Earlier, auto fires on North Blarket Street were extinguished by Junior bumper and United floodlight teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior _bumper
United
Blarket Street
May Day Crowns Hood College Queen Before 1400
Gray skies set the scene as Hood College held its May Day celebration with 1,400 spectators. Mary-Lou Springhorn of Bogota crowned Natalie Colbert of Frederick as May Queen in white organdie, escorted by Ann Parker as maid of honor and a court of 12 senior lovelies in lilac organdie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Keefer
Natalie Colbert
Frederick
Hood College
Mary-Lou Springhorn
Prince Hood
Nancy Wilner
Baltimore
Bogota
Raven
Natalie
Colbert
Miss Colbert
Bionde Ann Parker
Mt. Holly
N. J
Miss Springhorn
May Court at Hood College Weekend and Club Elections
The May Court at Hood College featured a Mother's Day weekend with parents visiting as the Mothers' Club elected officers and announced projects. Donations to Hood Library reached 1913 dollars and 2815 books over three years. plans include installing an intercommunication system in Shriner Hall. Racing, riding and a May Day weekend wrapped with a garden party, dance, and a Father Daughter baseball game culminating in Penelope Probert and Jean Macdonald’s show wins. A fatal Keedysville car crash claimed Lila Grace Taylor, 43, of Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Rencken
Demarest
N. J
Court Players
Radio Workshop
Mothers’ Club
Hudson Garden
Fathers’ Club
Lawrence Co. Warren
Hingham
Mass
John S. Oehrle
Monongahtla
W. Raymond Timanus
Oak Hill Ave
Baltimore
Lester K. Bange
Hagerstown
Merval Weaver
Frederick
Henry L. Fruechtemeyer
Shriner Hall
Shriner
J. Elmer Harp
Middletown
Andrew .G. Truxal
Martin L. Bowers
William T. Delaplaine
Truxal
Friends of the Hood College Library
Katharine E. Dutrow
Frederic
Riding Club
W. H. Kelly
St. James School
W. Cash Smith
Woodsboro
Penelope Probert
South Orange
Jean Macdonald
Wilbraham
Marilyn Ogden
Summit
Rhythmic Swimming Club
Gambrill Gymnasium
May Court
Betty van Blarcom
Franklin Lakes, N. J
Keedysville
Lila Grace Taylor
Williamsport
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Karl Undesser
Ramana Avenue
Franklin Court
Olivia Remsburg
Mgr
College Park
University of Maryland
Anne Arundel
Maryland
T. L. Bissell
Harford
Howard
Montgomery
Carroll
Ernest N. Cory
Bureau of Entomology and
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
The
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
McKeldin
Helen Cann Janne
Maryland Association of Hospital Auxiliaries
DuMont
Cont
Wayside Radio
East Patrick Street
Maryland Home Supply Co
Kelvinator
Bendix
Youngstown
Gearhart
Walt Grable
Studebaker Commander Land Cruiser
Climatizer
Srudebaker
ST Studebaker Commander
Studebaker
Chrysler
Hillside
Western Maryland Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Frederick, Maryland
Hospital Aid Inc
C. E. Cline & Son
East Patrick St
John “Hospital Aid, Inc
Hotel Frederick
Potomac Edison
Socony
Economy Oil CO
Hendrickson’s
Hendrickson
Bince Vier
Chatham
Miami
Merchavnice OF Meett
Trars
Endrickson
Burall
Allen
Fisher’s Appliances
E. Patrick St
Kodak Duaflex
Kodet
Kodar
Inc
Fed
DuPont
Kehne Furniture CO
South Market St
Barbara Fritchie
Jacobsen’s
S. Imperial Wal
Nancy Warran
Lewac
Jacobson
Nwepapee
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