Two Held For Assault And Robbery
Frederick men Charles Robert Davis known as Joe Louis and Lewis Edward Gibson alias Dottie were charged by City Police with assault and robbery after Alvey D. Young, county farmer, was beaten and robbed near North Court street early Thursday. Young lost a watch, car keys, and about $20 to $46. some money and the watch were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Alvey D. Young
North Court Street
Second
Third Streets
Young
Charles Robert Davis
West Patrick Street
Joe Louis
Lewis Edward Gibson
Dottie
All Saints Street
Elks Club
West Second Street
Mr. Young
Norman Dietz
Elis Carty
Family Hurt in Scotland Vacation Accident
Mrs. Robert McCutcheon of Braddock Heights reports her daughter Mrs. John Mauck Smith and family are recovering from injuries after a car collision near Stranraer Scotland during a vacation tour. Dr. Smith a Purdue University chemical engineering professor sustained a fractured left leg and right hand. his wife Essie head injuries. Rebecca aged elder daughter suffered both thigh bone breaks. two year old Marcia had shock and concussion. They were treated at Garrick Hospital Stranraer after the incident. Dr. Smith has been on leave from Purdue since August 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McCutcheon
Braddock Heights
John Mauck Smith
Scotland
Smith
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Netherlands University
Delft
Netherlands
Ireland
Wales
Associated Press
Stranraer
Dr. Smith
Essie McCutcheon
Rebecca
Marcia
Garrick Hospital
Purdue
Marine captain slays three children then kills self
Jacksonville police report Capt. Michael P. Carroll of Camp Lejeune slashed his three children to death with a hatchet and wounded his wife before stabbing himself. Coroner Talbert Jones identified Carroll, stationed at Camp Lejeune, as the offender. Mrs. Carroll remained in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
N.C
Marine Corps
Talbert Jones
Onslow County
Michael P. Carroll
Augusta
Camp Lejeune
Five Day Forecast for Western Maryland and Coast
Five day forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions on Saturday then a warmer Sunday with possible scattered showers in Western Maryland. Sunday night into Monday brings showers likely across sections, followed by cooler Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures near normal with afternoon highs in the low to mid 70s and early mornings in the mid 40s to upper 50s depending on location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Dumping Of Garbage Leads To Fine In City Court
An aggressive drive by police and health officials to curb illegal dumping resulted in one conviction and promises of action against others. William F. Christopher pleaded guilty to dumping garbage on private ground within city limits, fined plus costs. A quarry on Highland avenue near the Fair Grounds was the dumping site, with investigators tracing the truck rented to Christopher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Christopher
RFD 2
New Windsor
Edward J. Smith
A. Norman Diets
John L. Mohler
Highland Avenue
Fair Grounds
Charles S. Tregoning
Christopher
Mohler
Dietz
Apetramhadir Ha
East Church
Shank and Etzler
Highland Street
Charles Edward Cosley
Hope Hill
Bartonsville
Frederick
Paul W. Mossburn
Cosley
Francis Patt Cancelliere
Camp Detrick
Rosemont
Shookstown Road
Arthur Leon Yeager
U.S. 40
Ste
Lawrence Nelson Winpigler
New Market
Robert Edwin Harrison
Woodbine
Elmer Kieffer Foland
RFD
Same
Tenn Cromp
Muirkirk
U. S
Lester Paul Telson
Randallstown
Libertytown
Robert C. Dishone
Simon O Contreraz
Virginia
West South Street
Edna Dixon
Two Counts Remain Against Commentator
Fulton Lewis Jr. faces two counts of criminal libel after Howard County Circuit Court dismissed one count and moved toward a June 14 trial on the remaining charges. Indicted in St. Marys County, he had criticized liquor and gambling law enforcement from his Maryland network broadcasts before the case was transferred for a fair trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard County
Maryland
Street Work Schedule Is Approved
The Board of Aldermen approved a tentative summer street improvement program presented by Mayor Donald B. Rice. Planned projects include paving Biggs Avenue intersections, Military Road repairs, widening DeGrange Street, improving East South Street near the Frederick Brick Works, and resurfacing East Street from Second to Patrick around July 1. The plan also covers blacktop on rough areas of the one way system and a traffic signal at Church Street. railroad switch relocation near the depot is expected in June to facilitate paving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Street Department
Donald B. Rice
City Street
East Street
Biggs Avenue
Rice
Second
N. W. Etgler
Biggs
Evergreen
Belmont
Blue Ridge
Fourth
Seventh
DeGrange Street
East South Street
Frederick
Patrick
Pennsylvania Railroad
Church Street
South Street
Market
Bentz Street
Man Confessed to Break-In. Items Recovered at Fort Dixon
Police learned of the break in Wednesday when neighbors identified Contreraz and saw a window broken and entry. Military authorities picked him up at his Virginia station after city detectives linked him to the theft. A bracelet, a camera, and other items were found in his footlocker. Det. Set. Norman Dietz and Officer Charles S. Treganing will return the man to the city for hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contreraz
Virginia
Dixon
Norman Dietz
Charles S. Treganing
Two Policemen Shot In Baltimore Manhunt Expands
In Baltimore a second officer was wounded in three days as a manhunt for a suspect in a shoplifting case intensified. Patrolman Frederick Harris was hit in the groin while pursuing a youth with a toy pistol. Broadus, a suspect linked to earlier shootings, was killed amid a tarpaulin cover during the chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Frederick Harris
Farrie Cousins Jr
James Broadus
Harris
Walter ‘H. Tracey
Anthony H. Kacinsky
Kacinsky
Aubrey Lowman
Cousins
iSet
Louis Rehak
William .Hersch
Broadus
Police Crime Laboratory
Beverly Ober
MacDonalds
Emmitsburg Youth Killed In Route 15 Crash
A 1 year old Emmitsburg boy, Murray Lee Hardman, died Thursday evening when his car passed another and struck an utility pole on Route 15 near Freedom township. Coroner cites fractured skull and vertebrae as causes. He was son of Murray Lloyd Hardman and Loretta Anna Bishop Hardman, survived by five siblings. He belonged to Trinity Methodist church and worked at St Joseph's College. Funeral services Sunday at 2:30 pm at Allison funeral home Emmitsburg, Rev. Bryan Keesecker officiating. Interment in Mount View cemetery. Friends may call Saturday after seven.
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Emmitsburg
Route 15
Freedom Township
Murray Lee Hardman
Adams
Murray Lloyd Hardman
Loretta Anna Bishop Hardman
Retty Ann
Pegey Joan
David C
Richard A
Judy M
Starusmeshes
Alma Hardman
Fairfield
Annie Bishop
Mechanicsburg
Trinity Methodist Church
Emmittsbuce
St. Joseph’s College
Emmitshure
Murder charge filed after eight years in Passau killings
Franklin Germany charged James M. Leech of Lima Ohio former U S Army captain with the ax and fire slayings of Maj Everett Corran Capt Adrian Wessler and Lt Stanley Rosewater near Passau on Jan 7 1946 extradition papers to seek his return to stand trial. Victims suffered ax wounds and fire.
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Frankfurt
Germany
James M. Leech
Lima
Ohio
U.S. Army
U.S. Dep. Dist
William Canfield
Leech
Everett
Corran
Washington, D.C
Seattle
Wash
Adrian L. Wessler
New Rochelle
Stanley Rosewater
Omaha
Passau
Canfield
Hampden
Mass
Cofran
Rosewater
Capt
Wessler
Coiran
McCarthy Weighs Walkout as Hearings Set to Start
Senator McCarthy indicated he may order his aides to walk out of the hearings as the televised Senate investigations resume on Monday while denouncing Eisenhower administration witness restrictions. He warned he could change plans but said he would be there Monday and criticized the President’s order. Advance stock market and polio inoculation notes follow in the same dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Capitol
Army
Wisconsin Republican
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Executive Branch
Charles E Potter
Mich
Senate
White House
Folk Dance Festival Set for Wednesday in Baker Park
About 2500 students from seventeen public schools will perform at the seventh annual Folk Dance Festival in Baker Park Wednesday at 10 30 am with an alternate May 28 for rain. Supervisors Louise F. Thompson and Warren R. Evans oversee the event as buses transport pupils and teachers supervise. The program features mixed grade groupings with two group types and a finale of Seven Jumps, including dances such as Captain Jinks Louie is Dead and The Mulberry Bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Park
Louise F. Thompson
Warren R. Evans
Park
Tee
Buckeystown
Adamstown
Pt. of Rocks
Middletown
Emmitsburg
Wolfsville
Urbana
Liberty
Woodsboro
New Midway
Thurmont
Catoctin Furnace
Burkittsville
Sapillasville
Foxville
Myersville
Walkersville
Captain Jinks
Louie
Looby Loo
Bleking
Gustaf
Dunkirk
Accidents Damage Properties In Frederick City Areas
Two separate accidents caused property damage and no charges were filed. At All Saints and Court streets, a 1950 Buick driven by Arthur P. Naylor collided with a 1953 Postrace home driven by Samuel D. Harris around 2 am, with over $100 in damage. A second incident on North Market Street near Third Street involved Charles Albert Green and John F Wilcox Jr, totaling about $50 each. Wilcox reportedly pulled from the curb. Deeds show transfers of two Frederick city properties, one on Twelth Street from Melvin H Baker and wife to Irving Lewis Engle, and a Westbrook subdivision lot from Richard Kline to Russell A Crocker, with around $110 and $2,500 seen as consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints
Court Streets
Saints Street
Arthur P. Naylor
Bosds
Court
Samuel D. Harris
Sanpark
S. Y
George Natfman
Teotars
North Market Street
Third
Charles Albert Green
Libertytoy
John F Wilcov, Jr
East Church Street
Ben Phebus
Wilcox
Frederick City
Melvin H. Baker
Irving Lewis Engle
Twelth Street
Richard Kline
Russell A. Crocker
Westbrook
Guatemala Faces Arms Purchase and Regional Tensions
Guatemala's congress meets to discuss arms purchases from Poland amid a break with Nicaragua over alleged Communist influence. Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties, asylum seekers at the Guatemalan embassy, and U S backed military aid flows to Honduras and Nicaragua. United Fruit strikes spread from Honduras to Guatemala as labor protests grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Poland
Nicaragua
Marco Antonio Franco
U. S. State Department
Berabae
Peeting
United States
Eisenhower
State Department
Managua
Nica-raguan
Anastasio Somoza
Honduras
Monduras
Panama Canal
United Fruit
Gua ‘Temala
Central Labor Confederation
Ilzabal
New York
United Fruit iCo
Puerto Barrios
Navy officer warns of Soviet subs and atomic weapons risk
Rear Admiral W G Schindler estimated Russian submarine strength above 400 vessels, warning a harbor penetration could cause chaos with warships present. He spoke at an Armed Forces Chemical Association meeting alongside Maj General Creasy and Major General Nelson. Creasy urged civilian prep for chemical and radiological threats, touting fiberboard shelters and cyclone-cellars. Nelson predicted atomic power transforming air warfare and transport in coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. G. Schindler
Armed Forces Chemical Assn
Army
Wiliam
Creasy
M. R. Nelson
Chemical Corps
Nelson
Arguments To Jury Are Begun
Salisbury reports the state contends it has not put Franklin Roosevelt D Alesandro on double jeopardy by bringing his son to trial for perjury. Harold Grady opens for the state. E Dale Adkins for the defense seeks acquittal as jurors prepare to deliberate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformatory
Baltimore
Adkins
Grady
D* Alesandro
Red China concentrates air power on Formosa coast
U S officials report a major buildup of jet fighters and IL-75 bombers along the mainland coast opposite Formosa. The Chekang deployment, mostly MIG-15s and IL-75s, follows the Korean War armistice allowing diversion of air strength from Manchuria. The United States continues its pledge of sea and air aid to deter any invasion of Formosa by the Reds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red China
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Chekang
United States
Sewage Disposal Waits on Cumberland Plan
The State Board of Health agreed to delay forcing Cumberland to build a 2 million dollar sewage disposal plant while Cumberland pledges to proceed with a 25 million dollar plant near the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. The board will reassess in September after Cumberland had previously defied an order to start work and faced a June trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Board of Health
Cumberland
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Board of Health
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Alvey Young
Court Street
Subromaniier
Pentagon
New York Central
Chicago
Suirs Americas
Congress
Russ
Navy
Gen. Creasy
Pittsburgh
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