Family Rescued From Coal Gas Fumes in Taney Apartments
A mother Mrs J C Covell and her daughter Mrs Thelma Raines, along with Melaines daughters Sharon Lee and Arlene, were partially overcome by coal gas in their Taney Apartments unit on North Bentz Street between Sixth and Seventh. Firemen and physicians revived them with an inhalator and resuscitator. none required hospital care. They suffered headaches but were described as satisfactory after treatment. The gas appeared to come from a heating unit whose draft had been shut off. Police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taney
North Bentz Street
Sixth Ad
J. C. Covell
Thelma Raines
Melaines
Sharon Lee
Arlene
United Rescue Truck
Citizens Truck Company
Howard W. Ash
James Martone
Harry Philips
City Police
Remanded To Jail After Assault Case In Lilypons Area
Marshall Flanery of Lilypons was remanded to jail after a morning hearing on a charge of assault and battery on his wife. State police officers Corbin and Ayers responded to an ambulance call in Lilypons where a man was shooting. Flanery, found intoxicated with facial injuries from a stove poker, testified of a grudge related to a neck injury from a prior accident. His wife and child testified to threats with a shotgun. Two collateral forfeitures were issued for traffic device violations to Douglas Falk and Harold Cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Flanery
Lilypons
Springfield
Hosital
Sykesville
Peoples Court
State
Olice
W. W. Corbin
Rooper
Richard Ayers
Lilyons
Tanery
Childen
Flanery
Manuel J. Weinberg
Douglas Falk
Northmarket Street
Harold Cash
Hagerstown
Rooper R. F. McGuire
Creagerstown School Property Sells for $3060 at Public Sale
The old Creagerstown school building on the Creagerstown Rockbridge road sold at public auction for $3060 to William G. Kolb and Preston L. Kolb as tenants in Ammon. Bids started at $1800, with the Board of Education setting the reserve. Auctioneer Emmett R. Bowlus announced the sale and the deed restricts alcohol on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creagerstown School
William G. Kolb
Preston L. Kolb
Ammon
Creagerstowen-Rockridge
Emmett R. Bowlus
E Board of Education
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
E Board
Creagerstown
Fairbanks Schools Closed By Polio Epidemic
Fairbanks Alaska November 4. Polio epidemic prompts closure of all schools and theaters after a third polio case among high school basketball players. City reports 21 polio cases. Home study packets issued and music lessons to be broadcast by radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Robert P. Gorman
Fruit Workers Conference To Be Held Here
The twenty fifth annual meeting of the Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit Workers conference will be held in Frederick on November 24 and 25. Attendees include extension specialists in fruit production pest control from several states plus U S Plant Industry Farm Beltsville. The gathering rotates among Cumberland Shenandoah states and will draft spraying and cultural recommendations to aid fruit growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers’ Conference
Frederick
Experiment Station
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
North Carolina
New Jersey
U. S
Beltsville
Cumberland-Shenandoah
George C. Langford
College Park
Leland E. Scott
Casillo Graham
Hancock
Leslie O. Weaver
Charles O. Dunbar
Albert F. Vierheller
Callege Park
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Maryland State Horticultural Society
Taney
Hagerstown
John P. Caspar
A. F. Vierbeller
Marshall T. Heaps
Cardiff
Irvin C. Haut
Stanley M. Fulton
D. Eldred
Rinehart
Smithsburg
Sherman B. Waddell
New Winds
Russell C. Shaw
Stewartstown
Lloyd Balderston
E. C. McFadden
Martinsburg
W. Va
Wm. T. Delaplaine
D. McCain
County Girls Are Winners in 4-H Club Honors
Frederick County 4-H announces two girls winning state and central section awards. Betty Remsberg, 18, Hood College student from Middletown, earns a trip to the National Congress in Chicago for home improvement. Doris Burrier, 19, Unionville-based, wins a wrist watch for food preservation and serves as an assistant leader and secretary in local 4-H clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
College Park
Betty Remsberg
Charles F. Remsberg
Middletown
Chicago
Remsberg
Hood College
Doris Burrier
Serah Burrier
Unionville
Burrier
Unionville Girls' Club
Boarder and Landlady Divorce After 18 Months
In Baltimore Mrs Grace Schweitzer sought a divorce from George H Schweitzer after eighteen months of marriage. They lived on different floors of the same house with him as a boarder and she as landlady for eleven years. The suit was described in circuit court yesterday. The judge Herman M Moser presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Grace Schweitzer
George H. Schweitzer
Herman M. Moser
Campaigns Near Finish in County Races
Thirty-one county candidates entered their final weekend of campaigning as they vie to persuade voters ahead of Tuesday’s balloting. Candidates push door to door, mail, and event dinners while officials anticipate close results with ballots still counting into Wednesday.
Lay Delegates At Two Day Workshop In Maryland Synod
Lay delegates from 740 churches in the Lutheran Synod of Maryland arrive for a two day stewardship workshop at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Sessions start at two in the afternoon with Rev Raymond M Miller presiding and Carl L Heinmuller assisting. The workshop aims to guide church business life and ends tomorrow after a talk by Henry Endress of the Lutheran Laymen's Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Synod of Maryland
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Raymond M. Miller
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Funkstown
Carl L. Heinmuller
Baltimore
Going Slow Until Intentions Are Clear
Washington reports that General MacArthur may be advised to avoid a North Korea Chinese intervention showdown until Communist motives are clearer. Officials say the administration plans a cautious approach, waiting for the situation to develop before open challenge to Feiping. In New York Navy reports small declines on a quiet stock market with steels and motors down but generally held within fractional ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
North Korea
Feiping
MacArthur
United Nations
New York
Navy
Hong Kong Watches Chinese Reds Push for Wider War
Hong Kong fears a third world war as Beijing ramps up propaganda and possible intervention in Korea. Observers see this as a Moscow-driven bid to extend influence, with questions about Tibet Indo China and UN exit looming over a tense frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hongkong
Kotea
Asia
Red China
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
China
Peiping Radio
Flix
Moscow
Russia
United Nations
Red
India
Indo-China
French Begin New Retreat in Indo China
French troops retreated from positions in the foothills 45 miles southwest of Hanai and evacuated Wubanh, along with outposts and guard towers. The withdrawal tightens defense lines around Hanoi as 1,200 troops fall back from Laokay toward Chapa, retreating beyond the Day River near Phuly and Hanoi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Indo-China
Hanai
Wubanh
Hanoi
Red River
Red China
Laokay
Chapa
Day River
Phuly
Windy and Cooler Weather Tonight Forecasters Warn
Weather forecast notes windy turning cooler tonight with frost possible Monday morning. Heavy overnight rain measured .55 inch at the airport as scattered showers and a possible thunder shower were reported. Temperatures expected to rise near 70 with a low around 38 later. snow was observed toward Ohio but forecast kept it northeast with clearing by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Ohio
Ine
Chicago
Cleveland
Toledo
Indianapolis
Covington
Two Men Free On Bond In Wire Cutting Case
Freder ick H. Remsburg and Robert E. S were arrested Wednesday and charged with cutting telephone lines near Jefferson on Tuesday night. They were freed on $500 bond each. A February grand jury action was disclosed and a hearing rescheduled. Trials were set for next Wednesday at ten in Peoples Court.
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Jefferson
Frederick H. Remsburg
Robert E. S
Peoples Court
Condition Of Streams Vary By Location In Maryland
The Monocacy River near Frederick shows muddy waters while the Potomac at Point of Rocks remains clear. Officials report varying stream conditions and monitor water quality across the region.
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Frederick Tynellon
Potomac
Pont of Rocks
Early Trial For Collazo
Washington reports an early trial date for Oscar Collazo, Puerto Rican nationalist accused in the Blair House attack on President Truman. U S District Attorney Fay says grand jury presentation may occur next week with preliminary arraignment set for November 21. Collazo faces potential death sentence for Coffelt slaying. co-defendant Griselio Terreresola was killed in the gunfight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prospect Today
Oscar Colazo
President Truman
Coallazo
U.S
George Morris Fay
Fry
Collazo
White House
Leslie Crffelt
Grieselio Terresola
Blair House
Truman
Terresnla
Secret Service
Coffelt
Dalai Lama Flees Tibet Amid Invasion Reports
Reports from Kalimpong and New Delhi claim Tibet’s 14 year old Dalai Lama fled Lhasa with an unconfirmed destination amid Chinese Communist invasion. Tibet’s regent and cabinet leaders reportedly sought asylum in India as Chamdo fell to invading forces. Observers note official confirmation is lacking and diplomatic silence persists.
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Calcutta
India
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Lhasa
Kalimpong
New Delhi
Chamdo
Naboo
Fhalu
Chamera
Foreign Ministry
Sinha
Four Carpile On Denver Bridge Reported
Patrolman Paul M. Stockton logged three separate crashes on the East 42nd Street bridge and Colorado Boulevard in one day. The first two-car accident occurred at 7:40 am, a three-car crash at 11:15 am, and a four-car collision at 8:40 pm. He noted the bridge width makes more than four cars unlikely and the last report stands as record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Paul M. Stockton
East 42Nd Street
Colorado Boulevard
Stockton
Auto Truck Crash Hurls Three To Hospital
A collision four miles east of New Market on Route 40 this morning left three occupants of a passenger car hospitalized. Daniel Mullechner reported no charges yet as investigation continues. Steven Sewell and his wife Mrs Margaret Sewell and their nine year old son were injured with various injuries. Charles E Whipp Jr of Williamsport drove the truck involved. no bricks were lost. damage estimated at 300 to the cab and 500 to the car. Frederick Memorial Hospital treated the victims under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Market
Nine O'Ehick
Steven Sewell
Ballimore
Margaret Sewell
Mutehoer
Sewell
WSO
Charles E. Whipp
Williamsport
Iroe
Wo Field
Mutehner
James E. Rouare, Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Sewells
Local men enlist in Air Force Army and Navy ranks
Wilburster Hall recruiting stations list area enlistees over the past week. Joly Summers, 20, to Air Force four years, sent to Lackland. Lean Jackson, 24, to Air Force four years, headed to San Antonio. Ralph Wetzel, 20, to Regular Army three years, training at Fort Meade. Ganthonius Pappas, 18, Army Engineer Corps three years, basic at Fort Meade. Richard Faradis, 22, Navy veteran reenlisting four years, reassigned to Washington. Donald Powell, 24, Navy four years, in recruit training. Joseph Biffle, Route 2 Thurmont, Navy enlistee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thecal Army
Air Force and Navy
Wilburster Hall
Joly T. Summers
Wilbur FE Summers
Myersville
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex Lean H. Jackson
Sophia L. Jackson
Route 4
Frederick
Air
East Church Street
Washington
Donald E. Powell
Burkittsville
Navy
Joseph C. Biffle
Charles H. Biffle
Thurmont
Residence And Farm Sold At Public Sale
A residence on Haughs Church road with about one acre fetched 3700 dollars from Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Anderson of Detour. A 40 acre farm along the New Midway Detour road with a stone dwelling barn and outbuildings sold to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dougherty of Taneytown for 5700 dollars. The sale was conducted by Ti Kieffer DeLauter Sherman Bowers Wilbur F Sheffield Jr with Glenn Trout as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodsboro
Court House
Church Road
Raymond Anderson
Detour
Midway-Detour
Harry Dougherty
Taneytown
Ti. Kieffer DeLauter
Sherman P. Bowers
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Trisites
Glenn Trout
Bee sting sends boy to hospital in Atlanta
An eleven year old, James Edward Daniels, was stung on the tongue by a bee in Atlanta on November 4. The sting caused severe pain and required hospital treatment. The incident was noted in a local school advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
James Edward Daniel
James
Truman Attends Funeral for Slain White House Guard
President Truman and Mrs Truman attend the funeral of Pvt Leslie Coffelt the 37 year old White House guard killed during the Blair House attack by two Puerto Rican revolutionists. Secret Service men and police stood guard as Coffelt received honors befitting a fallen serviceman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Ranymander
Truman
Leslie Coffelt
Blair House
Mrs Truman
Secret Service
Coffell
America
Catseyes For Alternate Route 40 Installations Start
The installation of catseyes luminous road markers began on Alternate Route 40 from Route 40 intersection near Catoctin Country Club to Hagerstown. State Roads Commission will place 2,500 to 4,000 markers, about 30 feet apart, supplied by Highway Safety Company Inc, headed by T Edgie Russell. Reinstallation on Seven Sister Allis between New Market and Ridgeville completed. Markers used on Lincoln Highway and Baltimore Washington Boulevard in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin Country Club
Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Mighway Safety Company, Inc
T. Edgie Russell
Clty
New Market
Ridgeville
John A. Derr
Highway Safety Company
Mr. Derr
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Virginia
Wheeling
West Virginia
Jones Beach
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Korean War Reverses May Change Picture
Washington reports unexpected reverses in the Korean war clouding the political scene as President Truman finishes a campaign speech for a Democratic Congress. Republicans argue bungling in foreign affairs may impact the election. Knowland urges disclosure on Chinese Communist participation. Stassen plans talks with GOP leaders to shape opposition replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
St. Louis
Ling Oon
Knowland
Calif
San Francisco
Congress
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
GOP
Mr. Troman
UN halted war five times says Romulo at Lafayette dinner
Gen Carlos P Romulo, former UN president and Philippine foreign minister, told Lafayette College alumni that the United Nations has prevented the start of World War III five times in five years. He cited Russia’s 1948 Iran invasion, the 1957 Greek crisis, the Berlin 1948 attempt, and Palestine as flashpoints, with South Korea also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
United Nations
Carlos P. Romulo
U. N. General Assembly
Romulo
Lafayette College
Russia
Iran
Greece
Berlin
Palestine
South Korea
Allies Hold Strong North Line in Korea War Updates
Forces reported the UN line firm against renewed Chinese and Korean Communist attacks. Estimates placed up to six Chinese divisions in Korea with 75,000 troops committed, while U S and Allied sources noted multiple divisions active in northwest and northeast sectors, including near Changjin reservoir and Sudong. Weather hindered air support as Marines and First Cavalry units faced stiff resistance and strategic withdrawals continued along the Korean front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
IK Korea
Korea
Khorra
U. S
Northwest
Northeast
Seoul
United Nations
I U. S
Changjin
Red China
Unsan
Kum
MacArthur
U.S. First Cavalry Division
U. N
Marine Seventh Regiment
Sudong
Mamhung
North Korea
Manchuria
Yalu River
Wonsan
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Fruit Workers Conference
Catseyes
Eds
Philippines
Manila
Francis Burton Harrison
United States
The
Islands
United Nations Assembly
Spain
Amboina
Jakarta
Indonesia
South Moluccan Republic
Judgy
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