Best Friend's Gun Incident Sends Man To Three-Year Term
A. Frederick Negro James Carroll Thomas pleaded guilty to assault and carrying a concealed weapon after he accidentally fired his best friend's revolver at a West All Saints tavern injuring William Thomas Davis. Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnaufer sentenced Thomas to three years in the House of Correction. State's Attorney Charles A. Price prosecuted. Officer Martin Kanode helped seize the scene. Separately, a jury was selected to hear charges of larceny after trust against David LeRoy Staub of Rocky Ridge in a case involving a Holstein cow valued at about 150 dollars, with witnesses called and defense attorney Edwin F. Nikirk defending Staub.
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A. Frederick Negro
House of Correction
Patrick M. Schnaufer
James Carroll Thomas
William Thomas Davis
Poolesville
All Saints Streets
Thomas
Davis
Martin Kanode
Charles A.price
Thomas S. Glass
Mantel M. Weinberg
David LeRoy Staub
Rocky Ridge
Price
Arthur Flanagan
Ladiesburg
Staub
Flanagan
Ralph Lambert
Thurmont
Lambert
Warner
Lambert Place
Edwin F. Nikirk
Breub
William Poole
Oscar F. Gaver
Ralph H. Bowers
George Baker
R. Monroe Feaga
Thomas L. Cramex
William E. Hauver
Virginia S. Titus
Paul G. Harrison
Edwin H. England
John G. Mackenzie
Herbert A. Grossnickle
Early Morning Robbery in Pittsburgh Targets Texan Dealer
A 39 year old used car dealer from Tubia Texas reported being robbed of 10500 in cash as he walked back to his hotel after breakfast. He said two men, one armed, took his wallet full of large bills and told him to move on. He noted frequent trips to Pittsburgh to buy cars and lamented his loss.
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Pittsburgh
Tubia
Tex
H.C. Bennett
Millionth US traffic death may occur on December 21
The National Safety Council estimates the 1 000 000th traffic death in the United States will occur around December 21 marked as M Day. The prediction was released in Chicago on November 30.
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Chicago
U. S
Naional Safety Council
Heavy frost marks coldest November in years
A heavy frost, with a low of 21 degrees, ended November on a cold note. Ice covered Culler Lake as forecasters expected a warm up today and mild conditions through the weekend with no rain through Sunday.
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Culler Lake
Sherry Asks For New Trial as Counsel Quits
In Baltimore two detectives Henry T. Sherry and Joseph R. Bucher and five swindlers were convicted of bribery conspiracy and malfeasance. They filed a new trial motion while their attorney withdrew saying he could not support the delay. They have five days to file arguments before the Supreme Bench of Baltimore. Potential penalties include up to 22 years in prison and a 5600 dollar fine on bribery and conspiracy charges.
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Baltimore
Teague
Henry T. Sherry
Joseph R. Bucher
Sherry
Bucher
Eugene O'Dunne
Joseph Sherbow
O'Dunne
Supreme Bench of
Elks Memorial Rites Sunday at Elks Home
Rev Fr Herbert R Jordan of St John’s Catholic church will deliver the address at Frederick Lodge 684 B P O Elks memorial service. The public event at the Elks Home on West Second starts 8 pm after a 730 pm recital by Russell Hinds organ Joseph Stephens violin H David Hagan cello with vocalists Dora Andrews Thelma Busick and Philip Kennedy.
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Herbert R. Jordan
St. John's Catholic Church
Frederick Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
C. Clifton Wirts
Ruter
Elks
West Second Street
Russell Hinds
Joseph
Check On Compliance With Price Regulations
WashingtonNovember 30 The government ordered nationwide checks to ensure compliance with price regulations by services including laundries cleaning and repair shops parking lots golf courses and juke box operators Office of Price Stabilization agents will verify posted prices and any unlawful price increases Price regulations have been in effect since May 16 and ignorance is no excuse Beauty and barber shops are exempt from price control.
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Washington
jThe
Edward P. Morgan
Office of Price Stabilization
Morgan
Five Day Weather Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Fair and mild in Maryland and Delaware from Saturday through Tuesday with considerable sunshine by day. Rain and colder conditions expected Wednesday. Temperatures average 6 to 10 degrees above early December normals with normal afternoon highs about 42 to 50 and mornings ranging from the low 20s to the mid 30s across counties and the Delmarva peninsula.
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Maryland
Delaware
del- Mar Peninsula
Miss Hutson to Leave for Western Maryland Post
Miss Evelyn P. Hutson resigns as Frederick county assistant home demonstration agent to accept the job as Allegany county home demonstration agent. Effective January 15, she will move to Cumberland February 1 after visiting Warrensburg Missouri. Hutson will replace Maude Bean, who retires after 25 years in Extension Service. She has led Girls 4-H Club work and homemakers’ clubs, expanding 4-H participation to 27 clubs with 426 members. Hutson previously taught vocational home economics in Missouri.
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Evelyn P. Hutson
Frederick County
Allegany County
Cumberland
Miss Hutson
Warrensburg
Maude Bean
Maryland
Beatrice Fehr
Miss Fehr
Arlegany
Maryland Extension Service
Missouri
Communist Newsmen Meet At Panmunjom
At Panmunjom a Yugoslav Communist reporter joined UN press corps and met rival North Korean Chinese delegation correspondents. Levi accused South Korea of starting the war while Pracki defended aggression as a point of dispute. Levi argued UN forces are the armies of the United Nations.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Lance
Jackov Levi
Borba
United Nations Press Corps
Levi
Tibor Merai
Budapest
United Nations
Soviet Union
Poland
Pracki
Mayor D Alesandro rules out Senate bid in ’52
Baltimore mayor Thomas D Alesandro says in a formal statement he will serve out his current term and will not run for the U S Senate in 1952. Senate Democrat Herbert R O Conor’s term ends next year and he is expected to seek reelection.
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Baltimore
Thomas D'Alesandro
U. S. Senate
Senate
Herbert R. O'Conor
Police arrest John Henry Gray on drunkenness charge
Responding to a local property owner report, Officers Boone and Shook arrested John Henry Gray, Lime Kiln Negro, late last night on a drunkenness charge. He was held under $5.80 pending a hearing.
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Boone and
Shook
John Henry Gray
Autumn Phase Of Atom Tests Ended in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas the 1951 fall atomic test series ended with an afternoon blast conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Army. The seventh and least spectacular detonation of the series began Oct. 22 and marked the 27th unofficial U S. explosion in history. Series official touted data as important to national security.
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Las Vegas
America
Atomic Energy Comission
Army
U. S
Russia
Carrall L. Tyler
Thai coup dissolves parliament and seizes power
A military clique in Bangkok abolished the 1947 constitution, ousted the government, and formed a nine member state temporary administrative body. Premier Fibulsongram was reappointed as prime minister and defense minister amid a bloodless overnight takeover framed as anti communist.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phumipon
Switzerland
Will of Mrs. Long Filed for Probate in Thurmont
The will of Mrs Mary B Long of Thurmont has been filed for probate. It designates an endowment for Thurmont Evangelical and Reformed Church of 500 dollars and specific bequests including 1000 to Rachel A Martin and the Notterer property on East Main Street. Personal bequests total 5500 dollars to named individuals with the residue split between Rachel A Martin and Margaret A Creager. Lloyd M Freeze named executor. Dated July 18 1950 and witnessed by Carroll R Eyler and Calvin S Lohr.
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Mary B. Long
Thurmont
Register of Wills’ Office
Testatrix
Margaret A. Creager
Lloyd M. Freeze
Evers F. Weddle
M. Kathleen Weddle Brewer
Franklin Weddle
Anna Mary Freeze Rosensteel
Louise Long Hoffman
Blanche Long Harbaugh
Stella Long Harbaugh
Rachel A. Martin
Carroll R. Eyler
Calvin S. Lohr
Firm Enters Suit Over Ridge Road Home
Brosius Homes Corporation filed a bill of complaint in Equity Court seeking sale of a Ridge Road residence in Brad dock district to satisfy a claim. The contract with Robert Fierce Bennett and wife for 7,670 plus 1,742.21 in extras allegedly left 2,921.21 unpaid. A lien for this amount was filed previously. a certified copy of the lien is on file.
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Equity Court
Ridge Road
Braddock
Brosius Homes Corporation
Robert Fierce Bennett
Brosius Company
Edward D. Storm
Bennett
Tax Probe Hearings Recessed for Monday Review
Washington, Nov 30. House Ways and Means subcommittee recessed hearings to study Justice Department files for possible irregular activity related to a New York tax fraud case. The panel, probing T. Lamar Caudle’s actions, will seek documents amid anonymous letters alleging a case against Samuel Aaron and Jacob Freidus was to be fixed. Caudle was fired by President Truman for outside activities.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
New York
Ways and Means
T. Lamar Caudle
King
Dcalif
McGrath
Department of Justice
Caudle
Adrian W. Dewind
Samuel Aaron
Jacob Freidus
Department
Truman
Local CAP To Take Part In Exercises
Six planes from Frederick will depart Saturday morning after an 8 30 roll call to join a Civil Air Patrol ground observer corps exercise. Eastern Command will test air defense cooperation with Army Navy and Air Force units including the Air National Guard. The Frederick squadron will photograph the Benedict area for the State Roads Commission during a patrol over the new Patuxent bridge. Formation flying has occurred daily this week as CAP marks its 10th anniversary observance.
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Frederick
Ground Observer Corps
Civil Air Patrol
Eastern Command
Department of Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Air National Guard
CAP
Logal
City Air Field
Westminster
Lee Field
Annapolis
Maryland
New Patuxent Bridge
Benedict
State Roads Commission
Herschel Gibbs
H. C. Foster
Reuben Caplan
Mark Golibart
George F. Freed
Guy W. Wetzel
Roy Catsail
Irving Stride
Two More Home From Korea Arrive in Seattle
Forty Maryland veterans of the Korean fighting are among Army troops arriving in Seattle aboard a transport. They head home for 30 day vacations with options for discharge or reassignment in the United States. Names tied to Maryland addresses include Pvt. Raymond M. White of Frederick and Sgt. Marshall L. Sanders of Emmitsburg. Rail stock market activity also noted as railroad issues renew attempts to lift shares.
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Seattle
Maryland
Korea
United States
Raymond M. White
Middle Street
Frederick
Marshall L. Sanders
Emmitsburg
Russia to join in secret Big Four disarmament talks
Paris dispatch reports the United Nations political committee voting to suspend debate on rival East West disarmament plans while the Big Four seek agreement in secret talks. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky confirms Moscow will participate, signaling a tough path ahead amid Western objections and tensions.
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Russia
Paris
United Nations
Faris
Andrei Vishinsky
N. General Assembly
Pakistan
Iraq
Syria
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Vishinsky
France
Britain
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
General Assembly
Parole Scrutiny Grows Over Williams Case in Baltimore
Governor McKeldin seeks a full report from Parole Commissioner Shipley on the unusual sequence surrounding the 1950 51 parole of Mrs Hilda Williams of Baltimore who was later convicted in federal court of backing a 55000 counterfeiting ring and sentenced to five years. The Governor notes he follows the Commissioner's recommendations but will investigate why Williams was paroled while facing a federally indicted counterfeiting charge. The timeline shows arrests and convictions for abortion and counterfeiting from 1950 to 1951, with the June parole labeled as having a favorable institutional recommendation.
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Baltimore
McKeldin
Hilda B. Williams
Earle Shipley
Shipley
Dr. Williams
Mrs. Williams
Fluorides Approved for Drinking Water in U S
The American Medical Association approved fluoridation of drinking water to combat tooth decay in Chicago on November 30. The decision supports adding fluoride to public supplies, signaling a nationwide public health move amid ongoing testing and debates among medical groups.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
War Order Issued Monday Directing Continued Hostilities
The White House quoted a new secret document showing the Eighth Army issued Monday orders directing the continuance of hostilities until the armistice agreement is signed. The disclosure marks a wartime directive reinforcing ongoing combat until formal peace terms are in place.
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Key West
Fin
White House
Eighth Army
Information On Chinese Held Back by MacArthur Hints
The Christian Science Monitor cites strong evidence General MacArthur withheld from the White House details on Chinese intervention in Korea. Garcon Walker reports Tokyo sources said frontline commanders faced overwhelming odds, with Chinese entry confirmed by prisoners.
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Boston
The
Christian Science Monitor
MacArthur
White House
Korea
Garcon Walker
Monster
Pacific
Tokyo
New York
Charles A. Willoughby
Thet Police Gazette
Walker
Monitor
Yalu River
Gen
Willoughby
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Yalu
No Withdrawal Without Pact
Allied truce negotiators at Panmunjom refused to discuss troop withdrawals until an armistice is signed. They kept demand for on behind the lines inspection teams and a strict ban on strengthening front line troops. Nam Il called these proposals impractical and insisted on principal safeguards.
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U. N
Korea
Joy
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Baltimore Attorney Named Chairman of New Interracial Commission
Gov. McKel din appoints William C. Rogers of Baltimore as chairman of a new Maryland state commission on interracial problems and relations, announced November 30.
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EADS
Annapolis
William C. Rogers
Baltimore
McKeldin
Nine Bombers Lost as US Jets Hit Korean War Target
Seoul reports the greatest air victory of the Korean War with American Sabre jets downing ten Communist planes, nine bombers among them, across the Yalu. The Fifth Air Force said no Allied planes were lost as the action, part of a four-day battle, pushed Red jet activity and truck convoys to North Korea amid armistice talks.
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Seoul
Korea
Yalu River
Fifth Air Forge
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Iast Airy Forces
FEAF
iMriday
YEAF
Arsenal Blast Damages Pusan Arsenal in Korea
A series of massive blasts at the Korean government arsenal in Pusan caused widespread destruction four miles across. Six Koreans died and at least 50 were injured while 48 homes were destroyed and hundreds more damaged. Civilian and Army rescue workers searched ruins as officials weighed sabotage versus accident.
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Pusan
Korea
U. S. Army
Lee Hong Chong
U. S
Lee
Yongdongpo
Seoul
Winnie Ruth Judd Escapes for Fourth Time
Winnie Ruth Judd, the elderly trunk murderess of 1931, reportedly escaped from the State Hospital again, marking her fourth escape. Authorities available for comment as guards secure corridors and search surrounding Phoenix area.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Hospital
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