Vicious Hail Storm Strikes City in Carroll County
A severe wind and hail storm swept from Tyrone to beyond Frederick Saturday evening, damaging crops across hundreds of farms and smashing many windows. Hail as large as walnuts battered communities from Taneytown to Walkersville, leaving downed trees, power outages, and widespread property damage including barns and greenhouses. Widespread line outages disrupted Union Bridge and nearby towns while Mt Pleasant and Walkersville reported heavy crop losses especially wheat and barley.
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Carroll County
Tyrone
Thil
Wit
Taneytown
Frizzleburg
Bark Hill
Union Bridge
Johnsville
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Mt. Pleasant
Point of Rocks
Frederick
Montevue
Grove Greenhouse
Wilson Avenue
Keefer M. Koogle
West Seventh Street
East Fourth Street
Harry Curry
Potomac Edison
Uniontown
New Windsor
Good Intent
Middleburg
Dublin
Yellow Springs
John Morgan
Mt Pleasant
Ed Chaney
Ceresville
Ed Houck
George C. Stauffer
Route 26
Church of the Brethren Supper
Grange Hall
Grover Morelock
Tyrone-Fritcheburg
Lewistown
Glenn Trout
John Gilbert
Walter Ramsburg
Mercury
Paul Willard
Goldie Jacops
Ladieshare
Wheel Rens Off Auto Causing Loss By Fire
A 1937 Plymouth sedan owned by Frank Mercer burned after the rear wheel detached on Route 71 near New Midway. Sparks from a dragging brake drum ignited the gas tank as the car stopped. New Midway Volunteer Fire Company arrived at 9:45 and extinguished the blaze, but the interior and remaining structure were totally destroyed.
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New Midway
Bank Clearings Down In Frederick Area After Five Year Rise
Bank clearings for the year ending May 2 declined slightly from the prior peak, totaling 72,980,536.06 after a record 73,670,901.50. The drop followed a sharp two year rise and October and April showed the largest month to month decreases, with October 1952 down nearly 700,000 from 1951.
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Frederick Clearing House Association
Clarksburg Assn Discusses Optimist Club Idea
Clarksburg Community Association met at Clarksburg school Monday night with president James R. King presiding. C Lease Bussard outlined Optimist International history and creed and noted nearby clubs in Frederick Hagerstown Bethesda and Silver Spring. He suggested Clarksburg area could host a service club and urged interested residents to join and gather 25 signatures.
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Clarksburg
Frederick
Hagerstown
Bethesda
Silver Spring
King
Bussard
Tang
Clarkshoro
Hoyats Town
Comus
Barnesville
Thompson Cover
Buck Lodge
Boyds
Germantown
Necisville
Cedar Grove
Lewisdale
Purdum
Presen
Upper Montgomery
James R. King
Body of Baltimore Man Found near Kent Point Farm
The body of John W iseNamee, a Baltimore man who vanished after his car was found with the motor running on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in March, was recovered on a farm beach at Kent Point in Queen Annes County. Relatives identified the body.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
John WiseNamee
Kent Point
Queen Annes County
MacNamee
Pleads Guilty On Route 40 Speeding Case In Maryland
Frostburg motorist Clarence D. Dumire pleaded guilty to exceeding 70 mph on Route 40 west of Frederick after a pursuit by Trooper Richard A. Myers. Dumire paid a $100 fine. Another Gaithersburg driver, John Michael Bader, paid $150 for reckless driving and $25 for the intoxicated driving charge after backing into a police car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frostburg
Frederick
Gaithersburg
H. Reese Shoemakes, Jr
Peoples Court
Richard A. Myers
Clarence D. Dumire
Hagerstown
Braddock Mountain
Myersville
Charles W. Magaha
Eader
Ridgeville
Capt. Magaha
Clarence M. Brady
Osage
W. Va
Braddock
James Stonesifer
Brady
Iva L. Davis
Monrovia
Centerville
Myers
Davis
Urbana
Joseph Henry Foreman
Floyd Lyles
Angie Witness
Roxanna Thompson
Parsons Newman
James R. Thompson
East Patrick Street
S10
Joseph W Scholz
Baltimore
Carlton Lewis
Squirrels Swallowed By Snake Capture At Thurmont
Maryland wardens in Frederick County captured a large blacksnake near Thurmont after suspecting it had fed recently. They extracted three squirrels from the snake and, after displaying the haul at a Frederick shop, found the reptile alive and later killed it as sunset arrived.
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Frederick County
Benjamin F. Phebus
Durward W. Kettelis
Thurmont
Phobus
Delphey’s
Fredericks
Children’s Day Plan Announced for Montgomery County
Wilton Boswell acting President of the Montgomery County Christian Endeavor Union says one or two children from churches across the county will take part in a Children’s Day program. A planning committee will meet Thursday May 14 at the Neelsville Presbyterian Manse in Germantown to finalize plans for the event set tentatively for June 28 at Neelsville Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilton Boswell
Montgomery County Christian Endeavor Union
Neelsvile Presbyterian Manse
Germantown
Neelsville Presbyterian Church
Groundbreaking for Hood College Chapel marked by delays
Ground was broken Sunday afternoon for Hood College Chapel as Governor McKeldin spoke after delays from traffic. Andrew K. Coffman of Hagerstown, a board member, supported with a 5150,000 gift that launched Hood Forward in 1951. The event, part of Hood’s sixtieth anniversary week, featured Dr. Truxal, Rev. Kieffer, and remarks on endowments for small church-sponsored colleges.
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Hood College
Andrew G. Truxal
Andrew K. Coffman
Hagerstown
Board of Trustees
Hood
Coleman
Hudson
Theodore R. McKeldin
Free State
Truxal
WFMD
James E. Wagner
Lancaster
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Church Finance Committee
General Council
Evangelical Synod of North America
The
Reformed Church In
United States
Hood, Ursinus
Franklin and Marshall
Frederick College
Hood Sives
Hood Alumbae
R. Paul Smith
Coffman
McKeldin
Sgifts
America
Busieces
Henry Powell Hopkins
Unity drive fuels Soviet internal crisis analysis
A May wave in Soviet press extols unity under Malenkov while stressing Russian leadership and suppression of nationalism. Reports cite reshuffles in republic governments and party purges as Russia asserts control and tightens security across Ukraine, White Russia, Baltic states, and Central Asia.
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William L. Ryan
Georgi M. Malenkov
Soviet Communist Party
Soviet
Ussr
Home Front
Stalin
Ukraine
Russia
Baltic States
Central Asia
Malenkov
Communist Party
Cornerstone laid for Hopkins auditorium and new Hopkins buildings
At Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore May 10, a cornerstone ceremony marked the creation of a new one million dollar auditorium named Shriver Hall with portraits of a dozen Baltimore beauties from the late Alfred J. Shriver. Mayor D Alesandro and Gov McKeldin led earth-moving events for additional structures including a 1,122,000 engineering building and a 1,302,000 dormitory for 358 students.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Alfred J. Shriver
Shriver Hall
Carlyle Barn
Hopkins
Shriver
Thomas D'Alesandro
McKeldin
Edwin B. Jarrett
Hopkins Alumni Association
City Traffic Accidents Declined During Month
Frederick city saw April traffic crashes fall to 21 from 31 in the same month of 1952, with six slight injuries and 41 drivers involved. Eight violations were recorded, and most crashes occurred in daylight or residential districts, affecting mainly male drivers aged 20 to 44. A separate fire response extinguished a vehicle fire on East Patrick Street caused by a wiring short.
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Frederick City
Ideal Garage
East Patrick Street
Myth-debunking on seventeen year locust periodical cicada
Washington May 10 The Agriculture Department launched an informational effort to counter fear about Brood No 10, the 17 year cicada. The pamphlet clarifies the insect does not destroy crops or feed on foliage and spends most life above ground for singing mating and egg laying before the next generation emerges about seventeen years later.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
South
Meat production climbs as consumption rises nationwide
The Committee for Conservation Now reports U S meat production for 1953 will reach about 23 billion pounds, supplying roughly 144 pounds per person. Beef leads gains with a 61 percent rise, pork up 37 percent, while lamb and mutton fall 23 percent.
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Committee For Conservation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Bay Bridge Surpasses Experts Hopes In Early Toll Revenues
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland is exceeding projections after nine months, collecting over 2.5 million dollars in tolls and carrying 1,296,427 vehicles through April. Officials expect May to July volumes to rise, with the Bay Bridge alone grossing 271,666.35 in April.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Louis J. O'Donnell
Chesapeake
Potomac River
Susquehanna River
Bay Bridge
Canberra Jets Land At Friendship Airport
Two English Electric Canberra jet bombers en route from Great Britain to the Venezuelan Air Force landed at Friendship Airport for servicing and fueling before continuing to Jamaica and South America. The planes flew from Wharton, England to Gander, Newfoundland in about four hours and 36 to 38 minutes, then to Maryland. Martin will service the planes before a Tuesday departure at 10 am. They are the third and fourth of six Canberras ordered by the Venezuelan Air Force. Canberra holds several world speed records. Martin also builds a night fighter version for the U S Air Force at its Middle River plant.
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Baltimore
Great Britain
Friendship Airport
Glenn L. Martin Co
Jamaica
British West Indies
South America
Wharton
England
Gander
Newfoundland
Martin
Air Fortee
Canberra
Middle River
Air Force
Union Bridge Hit By Severe Hail and Wind Event
A damaging hail wind storm swept Union Bridge and nearby Frizzleburg and Bark Hill Saturday night, injuring few and causing widespread damage. Ten trees blocked Bendum street while power failed for about three hours, knocking out sirens and damaging homes, barns, and crops including shattered porch and lost vehicles.
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Union Bridge
Frizzleburg
Bark Hill
Johnsville
Bastian Place
Middleburg
Bendum Street
Donald Muth
Frank Bohn
David Devilbiss
Probe Death Of Teacher In Baltimore Faced Fumes Theory
Investigators probe the death of Mildred Dennis a 49 year old Gwynns Falls Junior High English teacher after illnesses linked to apartment fumes. Neighbors and friends sought medical help from multiple doctors then hospital care. An autopsy and medical examiners review will determine fumes’ role while noting underlying heart disease. Separately two Civil Air Patrol fliers were injured when their small plane crashed in Harford County near Jarrettsville during a training mission. Major Dolphin Davis and Lieut Wilbert Gilbert were treated for back injuries. the aircraft owned by the Air Force and loaned to CAP.
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Baltimore
Mildred Dennis
Dennis
Gwynns Falls
William V. Levitt
Levitt
Edith Green
Bon Secours Hospital
Rodmey Grabill
Miss Dubel
Dr. Edel
HURY
Civil Air Patrol
Forest Hill
Harford
Jarrettsvile
Majjor Dolphin Davis
Union Memorial Hospital
Wilbert Gilbert
N. Y
Baltimore County
Aldine
Harford County
Ross
Air Force
C.a.p.i
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Daniel Thomas
Route 3
Frederick Civitan Club
Barbara Kaufman
Center
Patty Brice
Jefferson
Brodbeck Hall
Hood Chapel
Hopkins Auditorium
Ferdinand Magellan
Nipwena Peo Harkive
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