Land Valuation Case Adjourned Over Camp Detrick
Condemnation filings to set fair value for four tracts totaling nearly 250 acres along West Seventh Street Pike, taken for Camp Detrick expansion, head to a Baltimore federal jury for a late Monday decision after three days of testimony and adjournment.
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West Seventh Street Pike
Camp Detrick
Baltimore
Stonewall J. Beall
Annie K. Maples
George Young
Alden E. Fisher
Richard F. Kline
Philip Wertheimer
Frederick Realtor
W. Calvin Chesnut
Kline
Seventh Street Pike
Perssons
Fisher
Frederick
Rocky Springs
Fourth Street Pike
Newspapermen Invited To Tell What They Know
State Sen. McLaughlin invited newspapermen to reveal what they know about the arrest and detention of Charles E. Burkett in the Cumberland slaying probe. He said the hearing will reopen with no secrecy and will not be a whitewash, with a second session to follow in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
McLaughlin
Baltimore
Wilson Expected To See Test Of Atomic Cannon
Secretary of Defense Wilson plans to visit the Nevada Proving Grounds next week to witness the first firing of an atomic shell from the Army's 280 millimeter cannon. He has supported expanding atomic artillery production and aims to adjust his schedule for the May 23 live ammunition test near the Frenchman Flats site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Nevada Proving Grounds
Rats Infest Frederick Quarry Area Prompting Denials
City officials deny knowledge of a rat problem from the old Shank and Etzler quarry refuse dump in eastern Frederick while residents report rat invasions. An exterminator warned aldermen, but the matter stalled after the session. Police note fewer rats, more rabbits, than five years ago. past exterminations followed large infestations near Veterans Villa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shank and Etzler
Frederick
Donald B. Rice
Sergt
Harry Quinn
Wayside Inn
F. Russell Young
East
Patrick Street
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Villa
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lawyers for a Dead Man Cannot Appeal Ruling
The Maryland Court of Appeals held that lawyers cannot appeal a workers compensation denial on behalf of a deceased client. Switkes’ widow missed the 30 day window to substitute herself as aggrieved, leaving no client to pursue the appeal. The court ruled the appeal invalid and affirmed the commission’s denial of compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Maryland
Hall Hammond
Isadore Switkes
Baltimore
State Industries Accident Commission
Switkes
John McShain, Inc
High Court
William R. Dowell
Leroy H. Williams
Williams
Glen Burnie
Babson on Individual Efforts for World Peace
Babson argues that bigger armies fail to prevent war and that true peace rests with humble individuals in science, industry, and religion. He credits researchers and innovators, notes heavy corporate and private funding, and urges support for practical, grassroots wisdom over military buildup.
Colonel Bartgis Leads Top Reserve Unit With Dual Careers
James F E Bartgis, a full colonel who preferred a lieutenant colonelcy to avoid excess rank, heads the 302nd Signal Construction Battalion in the Second Army area. The unit, largely veterans, excels in peacetime deployments and wartime skills, while Bartgis balances Army service with a civil job as a telephone company construction foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James FE
Bartgis
Army
302Nd Signal Construction Battalion
Second Army
Armed Forces
Camp Detrick
302Nd
Barigis
National Guard
C. & P Telephone Company
Hhe
Africa
Italy
France
Germany
Baltimore
Sheridan
F. E. Kren
Francis van Fossen
Lis
Lacy H. DeGrange
John C. Sheets
Henry E . Ponton, Jr
Wilford B. Stalllings
John J. Putnam
Frederick
Barizis
East South Street project gains momentum after meetings
After talks with State Roads assistant engineer Herbert C. Bowers and City Engineer W. R. Walter, officials in Baltimore said most difficulties on the East South Street project delaying integration into the arterial one way street plan have been resolved. The Bureau of Public Roads denied federal funds for storm sewers and for drainage from East South Street at Hamilton Avenue, raising questions about water runoff. Dyer Engineering of Hyattsville expects final plans and specs to be ready for city engineer review soon, then for submission to the Bureau for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Bowers
State Roads Commission
W. R. Walter
City Hall
Donald B. Rice
East South Street
Edward Gleason
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Frederick City
Hamilton Avenue
Dver Engineering Company
Hyattsville
West South Street
Bureau ‘of Public Roads
Two Sustain Injuries As Car Hits Pole After Skid
A Salem Virginia couple sustained injuries when their car skidded on a wet highway and struck a telephone pole on Route 240 near Weerton at eight o clock Friday morning. William L Townsend driver of the 1953 Packard suffered chest and leg injuries while his wife Mary Louise Townsend had a hip and knee injury. Mrs Townsend was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital for x rays. State Trooper James W Hardy investigated the crash saying Townsend was traveling east and skidded into the pole after braking. About three hundred dollars damage to the car was reported. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Weerton
William L. Townsend
Mary Louise Townsend
Townsend
Frederick Memorial Hospital
James W. Hardy
Packard
Academy Show and Card Party Proceeds Benefit Visitation
Alumnae of the Frederick Academy of the Visitation have arranged a combined fashion show and card party Tuesday at the Francis Scott Key Hotel to benefit the school. Town and Country Shop will produce the sixth show with Snyders Hat Shop providing millinery, and Visitation Sisters will contribute elaborately iced cakes as awards. Local merchants donated flowers and favors. posters by Miss Natalie L. Parton promote the event. tickets available from alumnae, The Smoke Shop, or at the hotel door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Academy of the Visitation
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Charles E. Heatty
FAV
Mezanine
Snyders Hat Shop
Visitation Sisters
Maryland
Arthur V. Myers
F. Sidney Hammond
Libertytown
Margaret Hartman
Sophia Schaefle
Pauline Diffendal
Sallie Kate Landauer
M. Catherine Jong
Utica Lutheran Womans League Meets at Ladiesburg
The Utica Lutheran Womans League held its monthly meeting at Mrs. Russell Matthews home with 24 members present. Vice president Miss Lucille Dixon presided. program led by Mrs. Ralph Hessong. poems read by Ann Matthews and Mrs. Searle Atkins. memorial and community services scheduled for May 17 and 24. May birthdays noted for several members. next meeting at the homes of Mrs. Earl Putman and Mrs. Mary Harper. Committees named for Peddler's Pack and Sunshine Box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica Lutheran League
Utica Lutheran Womans’ League
Russell Matthews
Ladiesburg
Lucille Dixon
Ralph Hessong
Ann Matthews
Searle Atkins
R. Paul Buhrman
Earl Putman
Mary Harper
Peddler’s Pack
Paul Heffner
Bessie Heffner
Willard Gaver
Sunshine Box
William Ensor
Sylvia Eyler
E. Koontz Helwig
Insurance Company Elects New Frederick County Leaders
William M. Storm was elected president of The Mutual Insurance Company of Frederick County at the board meeting held yesterday. Other officers named include Robert L. Delaplaine as vice president Lincoln D. Engelbrecht as secretary treasurer Nora E. Thomas as assistant secretary and William M. Moore as assistant treasurer.
Mt Airy Fire Company Purchases 2 Way Radios
Mt Airy Volunteer Fire Company becomes Carroll County’s first to install radio dispatch gear. Motorola equipment funds a 61 waist? mast station and two way mobile units in three engines and the rescue squad ambulance. About $4,000 spent. supports county and Civil Defense networks with 25 mile reception into Baltimore.
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Mt. Airy Volunteer Fire Company
Carroll County
C. Oscar Baker
H. S. Beck
Radi
Motorola
Mt. Airy
Mt. Airy Volunteer Company
Mt. Airy Company
Baltimore
Mt. Airy Rescue Squad
Adenauer Wins Approval of European Army Treaty
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer secured Bundesrat approval for the European Army Treaty and Bonn peace contract by a 23 to 15 vote after a brief special-session debate. The accord paves the way for a six nation Western defense force and rearmament involving about two million personnel under Western alliance control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bundesrat
West Germany
UDC Members Visit Buckeystown Center Gathering
Sixty members of Fitzhugh Lee Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy and guests met at the Claggett Diocesan Center near Buckeystown for the season’s last meeting. Mrs Martha C Carson chaired arrangements as canapes and punch circulated, followed by dinner. Mrs C W Gregory led the chapter as president with many guests touring the refurbished center guided by Rev Edmund L Gepter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Eclock
Claggett Diocesans Center
Buckeystown
Martha C. Carson
C. W. Gregory
Edmund L. Getpter
Head of School Board Retained and awards set
George C. Rhoderick Jr. was re-elected president of the Frederick County Board of Education at the annual meeting. George J. Martin was re-elected vice-president and Robert E. Clapp Jr. was named attorney. Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt remains secretary-treasurer. Contracts awarded for Thurmont and Middletown schools cover plumbing and drainage, paving, and storm water improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Rhoderick, Jr
Middletown
Frederick County
Ruth R. Trout
Pauline J Bowlus
Barbara S. Ford
Betty S. Crum
Arthur G. Schuettinger
Frederick
Thurmont
Suits Filed In Court Here
Multiple injury and property damage suits filed in Circuit Court. Mrs. Mary A. Locke seeks 30000 for injuries from a North Market street collision with a Pearl vehicle. Alvie F. Stine seeks 2500 for tractor trailer crash damages. Edward L. Grim sues for 1500 over Chevrolet conversion. Names include George and Charles Pearl, Orville F. Conner, Clyde C. Shoemaker, Russell E. Litten, and Grim. Cases cite 1950s Maryland and Frederick area context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Market Street
Mary A. Locke
George Calvin Pearl
Charlies C. Pearl
Jefferson
Locke
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
Second Street
George
Charles Pearl
Maryland
George Pearl
Alvie F. Stine
Frederick
Orville F. Conner
Clyde C. Shoemaker
Ever
Ett. Pa
Thomas S. Glass
Stine
All Saints Street
Market Street
Edward L. Grim
Russell E. Litten
Litten
Chevrolet
Brunswick
Richard E. Zimmerman
Byron W. Thompson
Grim
End Financial Campaign To Build New Parsonage
The Prospect Marvin West Falls and Union Chapel churches finish a fundraising drive to build their first parsonage. A One Great Hour of Sharing service at Prospect Church features Dr. S Paul Schilling as speaker and music by the Prospect choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
Marvin Methodist
Marvin
West Falls
Union Chapel
S. Paul Schilling
Westminster Theological Seminary
Prospect Choir
Elizabeth Harrison
Norma Wright
Raymond Fleming
Rose Horne
Robert Mullinix
Joy Harshman
Elizabeth Hood
Mary Rimbey
Virginia Lenton
Shirley Bohn
Shirley W. Bohn
William Clark
Frank A. Gardner
Norman Brashears
Charles Wilson
Raymond Wright
Eliza_ ieth Keefer
Florida Mount
Truman Lowman
Mt. Airy
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Detrick
U. S. District Court
Jefferson Evangelical and Reformed Church
Teo
Coco
Barnum and Bailey Circus
George Hu Herbert
Calcutta
India
Circus Life
M. P. Group
Harry W. Baker
Harrys R. Baker
Route 1
Mgrd Military Police Battalion
Fort Brags
N.C
M. P
Baker
11Th Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Babson
Roger W. Bab
Babson Park
Mass
Jesus
Alexander the Great
Cyrus
Caesar
Genghis Khan
Mohammed
Ivan the Terrible
Cromwell
Napoleon
Bismarck
Hitler
U. S. Justice Department
United States
Wall Street
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rockefeller Foundation
New Ford Foundation
Yale University
Caxton
Eli Whitney
James Watt
Isaac Meritt Singer
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller
America
Pasteur
Col. Bartgis
Betty Sullivan
Frank Dertzbaugh
van Fosssen
James Doub
William Fisher
W O Kreb
Alton Shaff
Robert Bell
Ponton
Europe
Casper Cline
Robert Kline
Mt. Olivet
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Arthur A. White
Seventh Army
James E. Bartgis, Jr
East South Project
FSK
Carol E. Haller
Clarence E. Haller
Nerva Avenue
Fort Belvoir
Haller
U.S
Hg, Co
Courst
ERTC
Fort iBelvoir
M. Elizabeth von Till
Mortarboard
Barnard College
Louis von Till
This City
Barnard
New York City
Adenauer
UDC
Buckeystown Center
Great Britain
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