Col Woolpert Club Speaker Teamed For Defense
Col Oram Woolpert director at Camp Detrick spoke to the Civitan Club at the Francis Scott Key Hotel on Armed Forces Week. He compared the world to a game showing leagues stakes teams records training and prospects and urged service unification for efficiency economy and effectiveness. The event featured awards and nominations with Ernest W Reeder receiving attendance honors and a slate of officers and directors proposed by the nominating committee.
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Ernest W. Reeder
Franklin B. Reese
Isaac L. Stevens
David D. Oland
Henry F. Falk
Herbert R. Staley
Charles T. Main
Elmer W. Singer
Alden B. Summers
Kenneth Burkhard
Basil C. Lewis
John McCabe
Ernest W Reeder
Herbert G. Tanner
Paul Wilson
G. Wilson Mercer
Norfolk
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Bolt Changes Signals Causes Train Collision
A lightning strike on a railroad signal tower near Alexandria Virginia changed a go signal to stop causing a rear end collision between a Chesapeake and Ohio train bound for Cincinnati and a Seaboard Silver Meteor. Ten people were injured as both trains remained on track and continued under their own power after the impact.
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Stalin In Good Health Says Lie Report
United Nations Secretary-General Trygve Lie assured Moscow that Prime Minister Stalin is hale and lively. After an hour and a half talk on Monday Lie dismissed rumors of ill health as lies and wishful thinking, noting Stalin appeared as healthy as in 1946. He last met Stalin four years ago during talks in Moscow.
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Memphis businessman offers dogs to boys in need
Memphis on May 18 reports James A. Chambers, a local businessman, will fund the adoption of up to 200 dogs for boys in the city. The offer, aimed at unclaimed dogs in the Memphis pound, will cost more than $200 and begins Monday, with Humane Shelter officials backing the gesture.
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Court News Marriage Licenses
Court records list several marriage license applications including Joseph New age 57 widower and Rachel Ann Muller 43 widow both Cedar Grove. Charles R. Posey 40 colored widower and Seanna H Dorsey 40 colored of 236 East Seventh street city. Alton T. Washburn 45 divorced and Frensie C. Dinterman 34 divorced of Rocky Ridge. Morris A. Eyler 25 Emmitsburg and Julia A. Crum 17 Biglersville Pa. Eugene Douglas Vezzani 22 Washington and Mary Anne Butler 20 Arlington Va.
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Cedar Grove
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Rocky Ridge
Morris A. Eyler
Emmitsburg
Julia A. Crum
Biglersville
Eugene Douglas Vezzani
Washington
Mary Anne Butler
Arlington
Evangelist Owen Charged With Delinquency In Girl
Indianapolis prosecutors filed a delinquency charge against evangelist Jerry Curly Owen for allegedly engaging in intimate relations with a 16 year old girl whom he met during a multi state evangelistic tour. The girl, identified as a pianist on his campaigns, said she was taught hymns to move congregations. Owen, who calls himself the Walking Bible, denied knowledge of the charge and awaited details. Police and court actions were pending transfer of the case to Indianapolis for proceedings.
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Curly) Owen
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Affidavit Details Intimacy In Hotels Across Cities
An affidavit describes intimate meetings with Owen in Louisville and Baltimore hotels. The girl says she used assumed names when registering and notes his sincere religious beliefs, claiming he prohibited her drinking or smoking.
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Man Quizzed By Police Taken To Morgantown
Elkins West Virginia May 18 a Morgantown man held for investigation in the murder of a nude red haired woman near Berkeley Springs was returned to Morgantown tonight Tharpe 31 may be released when he arrives in custody of Corporal F C Roberts He had been arrested in Morgantown after showing interest in the strangulation death of the unidentified red haired woman whose body was found by a mushroom picker last week He possessed a girdle scarf an album of pictures of a hundred women and love letters State Police Captain Basil F Wright said questioning suggested he had no part in the Berkeley Springs murder or in the slaying of a 17 year old girl at Millville Just Saturday Tharpe was brought here yesterday from Berkeley Springs for further questioning.
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Mystery in Morgantown Case Narrows to New Jersey Tie
State Police in Charleston review thorpe case with fe detector aid. An Anne May Hewitt of Bridgeton New Jersey, named by authorities, was described as an associate rather than a close friend. New Jersey reports mention Hewitt’s name found on beds, but investigators note the victim was nude when found. A Morgantown rooming house owner confirms Thorpe claimed to visit relatives in New Jersey last week.
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Slayings Probed as Police Trace Suspect to Morgantown
A red-haired woman was found slain on May 9 as police traced suspect Tharpe to Morgantown. Investigators say questioning showed he was in the Berkeley Springs vicinity during the time of the crime, while deer bite items in parts of New England as crops suffer.
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