May Rainfall Weighs On Memorial Day Plans
Wet unseasonably cool May continues with 22 days of measurable rain and just a few clear spells. Memorial Day events in Walkersville and Frederick may be dampened by intermittent showers and overcast skies, with parade, dedication, and services affected.
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Recorder
Airport Observer
Mercury
Walkersville
Ammunity Hall
Glade Cemetery
Frederick
War Memorial
Mt. Olivet
Harold J. Isbell
Camp Detrich
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Pension Demands Said To Huge U. S. Debt
Hagerstown May 29 A U S Steel Supply Company district manager Donald L Ande says inflation driven by government debt fuels pension demand as private and public pensions grow under social security laws. He argues government borrowing is the root cause of inflation and warns against class division in business while noting U S Steel serves many small businesses.
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Hagerstown
U. S&s
Steel
Donald L. Ande
U. S. Steel Supply Company
Hagerstown Lions
Optimist
Ande
U.S. Steel
Four Hurt In Route 240 Car Crash Near Bethesda
On Route 240 near Bethesda last night a two car collision injured four people. A. O Neal, 25, of Cumberland, sustained a bruised forehead and was treated at Suburban Hospital. Stephen L Best, 17, of Washington, drove the other car and three passengers were thrown onto the highway. Neil Srichion, 17, was listed in critical condition.
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Bethesda
Russell A. O'Neal
Cumberland
O'Neal
Feruish
Stephen L. Best
Washington
Neil Srichion
Best
Man Was Hanging Not Standing In Doorway
In Cumberland on May 29, World War I veteran Thom as Ellsworth, aged 62, was found hanging from a rope in his two room home. Dewey George discovered the body after passing the doorway position twice. Dr. H V Deming ruled death by own action after Ellsworth had been ill and recently returned from Martinsburg sector hospital.
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H. V. Deming
Elsworth
Martinsburg
Mt Airy Man Jailed After Auto Accident
Mt Airy Charles E. Emschler, 73, Route 3, jailed on a drunken driving charge after his car struck A Norman Dietz s parked vehicle outside Police Headquarters on South Market Street. Dietz acted as day desk sergeant. Emschler held on 1000 bond, Dietz aided by Officers Twentey and others. Also jailed were Nelson Racey for drunkenness on 3 bond costs. other weekend arrests listed with varying bail.
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Charles E. Emschler
Mt. Airy
Route 3
Dietz
Twentey
Nelson Racey
Strasburg
South Market Street
Raymond L. Mughes
Thurmont
Route 1
Charles F. Biggs
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harley E. Young
Richard S&s. Gray
Hyattstown
Lee Devine
Dan Pearl
Jeremiah Hawkins
Frederick
John Albert Haugh
Charles Town
W. Va
John C. White
Jefferson
Hawkins
Bartgis
Sergt. Phebus
Marks
Kanode
Trump
Frederick officers among 65 certified in correctional course
Mrs. William C. Roderick and three Frederick county officials were among 65 attorneys and parole and probation officers who received certificates after completing a course in correctional services in Baltimore. The program was sponsored by the Maryland Correctional In-Service Training Institute and the State Department of Education with Dr. E Preston Sharp coordinating.
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William C. Roderick
Frederick County
Alten C. Whitmore
Charles D. McLane
Joseph J. Nestor
Maryland
State Division of Parole and Probation
Baltimore
Maryland Correctional In-Service Training Institute
State Department of Education
E. Preston Sharp
Division of Institutions
Lie Sees Acheson On European Visit
U N Secretary General Trygve Lie told Secretary of State Acheson about peacemaking efforts in Moscow and European capitals. They held a 70 minute confidential chat at the State Department as Acheson briefed Truman on London talks with British and French ministers. Lie had just met Western and Soviet leaders seeking renewed discussion of urgent East West issues.
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Washington
U. N
Trygve Lie
Acheson
Moscow
State Department
Truman
London
Lie
One Lane Traffic After Tractor Trailer Rollover
State Police report traffic on Alternate Route 40 along the western slope of South Mountain reduced to one lane late this morning after a tractor trailer ran off the highway. A second truck tried to pull it from the ditch and became stuck in mud. State Trooper H B O'Brien directed traffic as vehicles remained unmoved for hours.
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South Mountain
Route 40
H. B. O'Brien
Man Admits Charges In Drunken Driving Hearing
State Trooper testified in Peoples Court that he had to remove Benjamin F. Bratcher from his car, handcuff him, and take him to the local jail after Bratcher refused to exit. Bratcher, of Glen Echo Heights, was convicted of drunken driving with a $101.55 fine and costs and fined $8.45 on reckless driving. The same session included other traffic violations small fines and collateral forfeitures.
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Peoples Court
Edward J. Smith
Benjamin F. Bratcher
Glen Echo Heights
Richard A. Myers
Bratcher
Urbana
Myers
Golda Castle
Rockwell Terrace
Maynard J. Whitney
West College Terrace
West Patrick Street
Hiram W. Kipe
Union Bridge
Robert N. Nicodemus, Jr
Walkersville
Charles R. Moten
Rockville
Thomas E. Carter
Hagerstown
H. B. O'Brien
D. A. Tucker
Five Years Of Labor Peace In Auto Industry Contracts
Detroit May 29 General Motors Corp. secures five years of industrial peace with 267000 production and electrical workers by signing parallel accords with CIO IUE and CIO UAW unions. The deals cover 1-A funded retirement pay of 100 monthly, plus social security. a four cent hourly wage rise now and four cents yearly. continued cost of living adjustments. expanded life, sickness and accident benefits. GM to cover half hospitalization and surgical costs. The IVE pact lacks a modified union shop clause found in the GM-UAW agreement.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
IUE
CIO
United Auto Workers
Congress
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Thurmont Property Sold Morison House Fetches 5500
A two story nine room frame dwelling on Carroll street Thurmont sold at public sale Saturday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Calvin W Binkley of Linwood for 5500. The Mor rison property may be converted into apartments. Personal property sold earlier at good prices. Sale conducted by E Morrison Ralph Morrison Margaret Birely Edith Lawrence. Auctioneer Earl H Hoffman with Lloyd Mackley clerk and Calvin S Lohr agent.
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Thurmont
Carroll Street
Calvin W. Binkley
Linwood
Morrison
E. Bruce Morrison
Ralph G. Morrison
Margaret M. Birely
Edith B. Lawrence
Earl H. Hoffman
Lloyd C. Mackley
Calvin S. Lohr
Brutally Beaten Mother Found Under Viaduct
A 32 year old mother of two was found nude, bleeding, and unconscious under a viaduct in Baltimore on May 28. Police said she had been attacked and brutally beaten, with the incident prompting a homicide investigation and appeals for witnesses.
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Baltimore
Memorial Day Observances Across Nation Highlight Peace Aim
Americans mourn fallen servicemen as Memorial Day observances span Arlington to small rural graves. General Marshall to speak at five hour Arlington ceremony. Truman will sail the Potomac aboard Williamsborg. Weather predicts showers across eastern U.S. with normal temperatures. Augusta, Georgia hit by 90 mph wind gusts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Arlington, Va
National Cemetery
George C. Marshall
White House
Adam Lisenhaver
Truman
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Wiliamsborg
Armed Forces
United States
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Weather Bureau
Plains States
Atlantic
Nebraska
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Augusta
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Rises to 250
The four day Memorial Day weekend death toll reached 250 with 164 due to traffic crashes. Drownings accounted for 47 lives and 39 died from other causes. The National Safety Council expected at least 290 traffic deaths for the period.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Baltimore man held for West Virginia officers
Extradition proceedings continued after Baltimore resident George Leroy Sacks, 25, was taken into custody in Frederick County by State Trooper Maynard J. Whitney. Sacks, a former stable groom at Charles Town, is wanted in West Virginia on two counts of larceny.
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Baltimore
Frederick
Transcribing Of Names May End This Week
Grover C. Stewart president of the Board of Election Supervisors said transcription of names from the aid registration books to the new card index system should be finished by week’s end. Four crews work on the installation while women check for errors. indexing the cards will follow, a lengthy process.
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Grover C. Stewart
Board of Election Supervisors
Congressional Probe On RFC Loans And Exposures
Congress probes Reconstruction Finance Corp loans to Lustron and Waltham Water, with Fulbright hearings planned after Texmass Petroleum case. Waltham closed. Lustron foreclosure looms. Observers urge tighter RFC financing rules, higher interest and Treasury payments, and review of director terms before June 30 1954.
Improvements planned for Court House basement
County commissioners approved plans for a full basement renovation including public toilets modern lavatories and improved storage space. Prisoners helped clear accumulated cinders at the furnace as shingles arrived for roof work.
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Court House
Charles F. Bowers
Thomas J. Crum
Mehr F. Waehter
James McSherry
Fretterieh County Bar Association Committee
Bernard Davis
Davis
Peoples Court
Board of Election Supervisors
State Roads Conmission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lime Kiln
Route 15
Lime
Adamstown
Roads Commission
Seniors Crown King Queen Prom Night at Frederick High
Nearly 30 Frederick High School students and guests attended the senior prom in the gym Friday night. The king and queen, Paul Wagner and Joan Clay, were crowned during the intermission with Principal Harry O. Smith officiating. The royal court included Eleanor Barnhart, Ruth Neal, Barbara Johnson, Lois Cramer, Sally Tinney, Richard Dudderar, Keefer Crampton, Michael Shipley, Robert Nicodemus, Wayne Stevens, and jester Reedman Cadle.
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Frederick High School
Art Taylor
Paul Wagner
Joan Clay
Harry O. Smith
Royal Court
Eleanor Barnhart
Ruth Neal
Barbara Johnson
Lois Cramer
Sally Tinney
Richard Dudderar
Keefer
Police Surround Area But There Was No Theft
Police cordon half a block around Palmer's Cash Market at 244 East Church Street after a report of a suspicious back yard figure. Officers searched the premises with the watchman of Bowers Chamber Yard but found no trespassers or crime in the store area. The market remained open past 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
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Palmer's Cash Market
East Church Street
Church
East Streets
Bowers Chumber Yard
Reports For Work Though Discharged In Washington
Washington May 29 Michael Lee and William Remington, both $10,000 a year Commerce Department officials under fire in Congress for security risks, reported for work while facing resignations. Lee appeared ready to work, while Remington had a holiday planned and is not due back until Thursday. Secretary Sawyer sought their resignations, saying the action aims at good administration. Administrative charges were being prepared but likely not completed before midweek, and no suspensions or removals would occur while legal questions linger.
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RFC
Fulbright
Congress
Texa Mass Petroleum
Waltham
Massachusetts
Dever
John J. Haggerty
Boston Rfc
Washington
Treasury
BR & D
Kaiser
Truman
Department of Commerce
Michael Lee
Commerce Department
Sawyer
William W. Remington
Remington
New York
Lee
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for multiple property transfers. Howard F. Damuth and wife sold to Harvey A. Davis and wife a three acre tract with improvements along the road from the National pike to Krantz Mill in New Market district for about 6500 dollars. A. B. Earhart and wife sold to Girard W. Gallup two building lots on Frederick Avenue for about 2000 dollars.
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Howard F. Damuth
Harvey A. Davis
National Pike
Krantz Mill
New Market District
A. B. Earhart
Girard W. Gallup
Frederick Avenue
Killed When Bicycle Is Struck By Auto
James S. Powell, 18, was killed on Colesville Pike when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Leonard R. Brigham, 20, of Colesville. Police said the bicycle had no light or reflector and Brigham was blinded by oncoming headlights. Brigham was charged with manslaughter. Russia accused by Nationalists of pouring 300,000 Soviet troops into China amid claims of Manchuria settlement plans.
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Silver Spring
James S. Powell
Colesville Pike
Leonard R. Brigham
Colesville
Brigham
Russia
Taipei
Formosa
China
Manchuria
Memorial Day Closure for Markets Observed Tomorrow
New York May 29 Memor ial Day holiday prompts markets to close tomorrow. The nation's securities and commodities exchange will suspend operations in observance of the federal holiday.
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New York
Securities and Commodities Exchange
Three Women Hurt in Baltimore Trolley Fire Stampede
A Baltimore trolley caught fire today causing a stampede as passengers evacuated. Three women sustained bruises amid the chaotic scene.
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Baltimore
Seaside Leader Seeks Ban On BBC Weather Forecasts
Weston-Super-Mare business chief J. G. Brenner said he will seek an injunction to bar BBC weather broadcasts before holidays. He argued the forecast of dull cold and showers harmed business, noting 12 hours of sun and no rain despite the broadcast.
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Weston-Super-Mare
Eng
Britain
J. G. Brenner
BBC
Western Germans to be used for defense of Europe
May 29 Washington Senator George said Western Germany's manpower would be needed to build adequate defenses against possible Communist aggression. He indicated support for a military assistance program, while Senator Taft urged relying on American power and warned against arming 20 nations around Russia. George’s stance shift signals potential Senate acceptance of reasonable foreign arms aid despite Republican opposition.
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Washington
George 0
Western
Germany
Western Europe
Frank
George
Senate
Yeteran Relations Committee
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Tle United States
Tat
Russia
Atlantic
Georgeé
State Department
East End Playground Set to Open June 20 in Fairgrounds
East End residents will see a new playground opening June 20 at the Fairgrounds under the Rast Frederick Clyie Improvement Association sponsorship. Administration mirrors last year with Municipal Repression Association supplying equipment and staff. Fair Board approves use. Fr. Russell Young chairs site survey for an 8 room school with recreation field as four potential locations are reviewed. county and education boards back the East Frederick need. The Civic Association explores forming a federation of city civic groups to coordinate efforts and avoid duplication.
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Fairdrounds
Jacob Ramsburg
Rast Frederick Clyie Improvement Association
Municipal Repression Association
Fair Board
Civic Association
Ramsburg
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Education
East Frederick
Russell Young
Quiet Korea election ends with few clashes in history
Seoul reports a quiet campaign ahead of tomorrow's national elections despite six deaths, three kidnappings, four arson cases, and about 500 arrests. Among those jailed are 42 candidates and 178 electioneers charged mainly with violation of election laws in sympathy with communism, a contrast to two years ago when violence killed or wounded around 800 and another 100 on election day.
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Seoul
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Gen. Marshall
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S
West Virginia
Peter Edson
NEA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lustron
RCA
Texmass Petroleum Co
Dallas
AFC
Harley Wise
Walter L. Dunham
Harvey J Gunderson
William B. Willett
Henry A. Mulligan
McGarthys
Jessup
East End
Hare, Dor
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