Mercer Will Probated in Frederick Court Without Caveat
The Frederick County court probate of Alpert M. Mercer's will proceeded after caveat filings were not finalized. The will leaves $3,000 to Cora Hull and $3,000 to Lula Musser, with parallel provisions to other Mercers and specific bank stock bequests. Residue is divided among Grayson, Wilson, Earl, and Owen Mercer, with executors named as Grayson, Wilson, Parl, and Owen Mercer.
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Jphans Court
Alpert M. Mercer
Frederick District
Ercer
Office of the Register of Wills
Eccella M. Remsberg
Louise M. Moxley
Ida G. Kaufman
Mr. Mercer
Cora Hull
Harry Hull
Bonner Road
Baltimore
Mrs. Mercer
Wilson, Mercer
Earl Mercer
Owen Mercer
Ida Kaufman
Alice ‘Hoffmaster
Ercella J. Remsberg
Thelma Glisan
Grace Burger
Victor Mercer
Louise Moxley
Leona Mercer
Helen Mercer
Dorothy Mercer
Audrey Mercer
Kathleen Mercer
May Mercer
Melvin Mercer
Grayson H. Mercer
Frederick County National Bank
Wilson Mercer
Grayson
Wilson
Earl
Robert >. McCardell
Arthur V. Myers
Harold W. Burrier
Frederick
Albert W. Burjer
Fannie
Burrier
Death of Hood College president's father in Lancaster
Word of the sudden death of Jacob Q. Truxal 88 father of Hood College president Dr Andrew Truxal came from Lancaster Pa where he died at his desk in his home. He formerly lived in Greensburg Pa surviving are his wife and children including Mrs Frank Hodges John Truxal and Mrs Todd Truxal with grandchildren. A separate accord report notes an accident on Route 71 north of Walkersville Sunday with Oscar Barrick and Raymond Willis charged for failure to signal and about 100 dollars damage to each car.
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Acob
Q. Truxal
Hood College
Andrew Truxal
Con
Truxal
Frank Hodges
Eston
John Truxal
Ancaster
Todd Truxal
Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Oule
Walkersville
Oscar Barrick
Enville
Raymond Willis
Jenely
Kenneth Tichnell
Opening Day Promises A Grand Frederick Fair
Exhibits fill the grounds as preparations accelerate for the 89th Frederick Fair opening tomorrow. Officials report expectations of good weather, a bustling midway with 30 rides, crowded Machinery Row displays, and strong livestock and farm exhibits. Public Schools mark Children’s Day Friday and nightly shows feature Ferdinand the Bull and Helen Haag’s Chimps.Temperature lows dipped to 34 with no frost.
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Frank N. Stauffer
Stauffer
Prell
Frederick City
Poultry Department
George A. Hamid and Son
Ferdinand the Bull
Helen Haag
Chimps
Horan
Lucky Hell
Two Suits For Damages Are Entered In Court
In Braddock Heights and New Market two suits were filed in Circuit Court. Robert Brewer and his father Carl R. Brewer seek 4000 dollars from Charles F. MacDonald and Helen F. MacDonald over a July 14 Maryland avenue crash that injured the youth and impaired his eyesight. Edward D. Storm represents the plaintiffs. William Loud, a Baltimore resident, seeks 5000 dollars from Charles B. Hamilton after a May 25 Route 40 collision in New Market that allegedly left him permanently incapacitated and unable to work. Attorneys are Richard E. Zimmerman and Byron W. Thompson.
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Braddock Heights
New Market
Robert Brewer
Carl R. Brewer
Charles F. MacDonald
White Plains
Helen F. MacDonald
Pelham
Brewer
Edward D. Storm
William Loud
Baltimore
Charles B. Hamilton
Frederick
Loud
Hamilton
Richard E. Zimmerman
Byron W. Thompson
Nippy Weather Across the East U S Reported
The Associated Press notes nippy weather for most of the East with cool temperatures from New England to the Middle Atlantic states. Elsewhere, the country enjoys generally fair conditions with mild weather from the Rockies to the Appalachians and in the southwest.
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Associated Press
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Rockies
Appalachians
Reds Claim Patience Was Tried Too Far
In Tokyo on its second anniversary, Peiping radio denounced the United States and non-Communist nations. It boasted of reforms at home and framed the Korean War as caused by U.N. actions. It claimed Chinese volunteers resisted aggression, cited heavy Allied losses, and hailed the peaceful Tibet liberation as a major 1951 victory.
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Tokyo
Red China
United States
Peiping
United Nations General Assembly
Korea
China
U. S
Aitilea Nations General Assembly
Red
Red Army
Formosa
Tibet
King George VI Improves After Lung Operation
London reports King George VI continues steady recovery from lung operation. Doctors note further improvement in condition during the past 24 hours after part of a lung was removed eight days ago.
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London
George VI
Accident Cases Heard By Justices In Peoples Court
A number of accident cases were aired in Peoples Court before Magistrates H. Reese Shoemaker Jr. and Wilbur F. Shef field this morning. Not guilty verdicts were returned for Jack Spencer and LeRoy Rice of Frederick on Rosemont avenue related charges. George Fulmer of Frederick was cleared of right of way charges after a collision on Hal Jenger Creek road. Henry Athey was found guilty of expired registration but the fine was suspended. A hearing was continued as Magistrate Sheffield disqualified himself. Harold Harne of Wolfsville faced charges of failing to drive to the right of center and to identify himself after a September 23 crash. Collateral was forfeited in several nuisance cases, with fines listed for multiple defendants.
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Peoples Court
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Jack Spencer
LeRoy Rice
Route 3
Frederick
Rosemont Avenue
J. Rice
Spencer
K. H. Tichnell
Heffner
Thomas Glass
Rice
W. Jerome Offutt
George E. Fulmer
Route 4
Hutchison
Doubs
Hal Jenger Creek
James H
Rource
Harne
Carroll Moser
Ellerton
Shoemaker
John Miller
Mt. Airy
James Lawrence
Baltimore
Vernon Grempler
Fiiuire
Clyde Bailey
Pittsburgh
Howard Barker
Wilson Avenue
Richard Hoffman
Rouzee
Oficer Hefiner
Sasscer Eyeing OConor Senate Seat Debate in Maryland
Washington reports Representative Sasscer of Maryland may seek the U S Senate seat now held by Senator Herbert R O Conner. O Conner a Democrat and former Maryland governor faces term expiry in January 1953 while Sasscer runs for reelection to the House.
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Washington
Gat
uPi
Lansdale G. Sasseer
D-Md
U. S. Senate
Herbert R. O'Conner
Maryland
Sasscer
Washington Star
Senate
Oconor
House
Six Miners Trapped At Woecetslade Coal Mine
Six coal miners were trapped 750 feet underground after a shaft wall collapsed at the Woecetslade mine in Weetslade England. One man was rescued four hours later suffering gas effects.
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Weetslade
England
Woecetslade
Earthquake Felt in New York on Fordham Seismograph
A fairly sharp quake was recorded early today on Fordham University’s seismograph in New York. The event was noted by observers as a minor tremor with no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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New York
Fordham University
Hood Plans New Campus Day Program After Song Contest Win
Hood College will introduce a new Campus Day program on October 13 replacing interclass competition with increased cooperation among four classes. The event includes talks by deans and faculty, plus a public day with a picnic, songs, and a dance, and aims to devote more time to studies early in the term. Senior class president Doris Nygren leads as general chair.
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Hood College
Braddock Heights
Doris Nygren
Mineola
Mary Lou Springhorn
Bogota
N. J
Ruth, Jackson
Jamaica
N. Y
Ann Pattison
Holyoke
Mass
Sally Bowers
Frederick
Brian Ochrle
Mononghela
Blanche Boniface
Atantic City
Joan Apfelbaum
Jenkintown
Gabrielson Backed by GOP Committee at Regional Meeting
Forty one of 104 Republican National Committee members attending a regional conference voted a standing confidence in RFC loan activities by chairman Guy George Gabrielson. The vote followed a speech by Gabrielson and a motion by Jouett Ross Todd. others supported the motion. Speakers defended Gabrielson against charges as partisan tactics against Truman administration deeds and William Boyle Jr.
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Washington
Ort
Republican National Committee
Guy George Gabrielson
RFC
Gabrielson
Jouett Ross Todd
Kentucky
William M. Boyle
Mundt
R-Sd
Britain bows to Iran order over Abadan refinery dispute
The United Nations faces the British Iranian oil clash as Britain agrees to evacuate airmen from Abadan by Thursday. Iran insists on expulsion despite Security Council proceedings, with Tehran stating council has no power to lift the order. Evacuations by warship to Basra, Iraq, begin midweek as officials depart Thursday.
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New York
Wmi
United Nations
Britain
Iran
Britann
Abadan
London
Basra
Iraq
Security Council
Hussein Falem
Tehran
Hussein Makki
Ebbets Field Besieged Before World Series Clash
Brooklyn crowds engulf Ebbets Field hours before the Dodgers meet the Giants in a one game playoff for the National League pennant. Ticket windows opened at nine with large queues and warm sun amid an all day chase for seats as the Polo Grounds prepared for potential extra games.
Corporal Wantz Wounded In Action In Korea
Corporal David Wantz, of near Emmitsborg, serving with the Army in Korea, was wounded in action on September 9 as reported by telegram to his wife Edith Wantz. He recently wrote he was getting along nicely. He is the son of Annie Wantz of Waynesboro road. Arlington B Redman of Brunswick faces trial after arrest for DUI and driving without a license.
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Corp
David Wantz
Near Emmitsborg
Korea
Edith Wantz
Annie Wantz
Waynesboro Road
Arlington +B. Redman
Brunswick
Simmons
Navy says U S can’t be invaded while sea control endures
Washington reports Admiral Fechteler and naval leaders argue that United States cannot be seriously invaded while the fleet controls the seas. They discuss anti submarine advances, atomic powered carriers, and projected Navy strength by 1952 to deter war with Russia, including submarines, carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and amphibious forces.
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Washington
United States Navy
America
W. M. Fechteler
Russia
Fechteler
U. S. News and World Report
Wailea
United States
U. S
Marckec
Atomic Artil
Lery
Navy
Andy
U. S. Navy
God Cannot Be Used For Political Ends Says Clergy
Washington dispatch reports Episcopal Bishop Angus Dun warned that Christian faith cannot be financed or mobilized for political aims even as President Truman urged church leaders to set aside divisions for a united front against Russia. Colingswood pastor Dr Carl McIntire echoed the separation of church and state, noting leaders should not meddle in ecclesiastical affairs. Rabbi Philip Bernstein, Rochester, supported Truman on reducing church differences despite surrounding debate.
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Washington
Episcopal
Truman
Collingswood
N. J
International Council of Christims Churches
Russia
Angus Dun
Carl McIntire
Christian Churches
Bible Presbyterian Church
Colingswood
President Truman
Philip Bernstein
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Rochester
N. Y
Mr. Truman
Bloody Shirt Found In Mailbox At South And Center
A bloody shirt fragment was found stuffed in a mailbox at South and Center streets. Police say a weekend fight between two men led to the garment being pushed into the box and discovered by a postal worker during routine collections. The incident prompted a police investigation.
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Center Streets
Senate committee backs Bowles as ambassador to India
Senator Gillette announced that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, by voice vote, recommended confirming Chester Bowles as ambassador to India. Eva Peron is reported to be holding her own against acute anemia, per the presidential press office.
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Bowles
Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Chester Bowles
India
Eva Peron
Buenos Aires
Eva Duarte Peron
Juan D. Peron
Fire ruins. body found in Westminster apartment
Westminster Oct 14 The body of a woman believed to be Margaret Feeser was found in a second floor kitchen of a two story apartment. Fire destroyed the second floor and caused total loss with $61,000 in damages. Two volunteers were injured as flames and several blasts swept through the building.
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Westminster
Margaret Feeser
William Sinnott
Taneytown
Reese
New Windor
Pleasant Valley
Hampstead
Westminster Volunteer Fire Department
Chick Lester H. Green
Green
Wilbur E. Zepp
Zepp
Betty
Howard A. Blizzard
Charles Bush
Reese Volunteer Fire Department
CBS To Carry TV Of Games
CBS will telecast the playoff starting today between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant. Local telecasts will be WOR TV from Ebbets Field and WPIX from the Polo Grounds with Mutual Radio handling radio. NBC will carry coast-to-coast telecasts of the World Series starting Thursday. Officials will determine bases to retain in Japan as U S plans postwar presence.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
CBS
New Haven
Conn
Stalista Iat
Wor-Tv
Ebbets Field
WPIX
Polo Grounds
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Eighth Army Prepared To Strike Hard In Korea
General Ridgway and Bradley warn that the Eighth Army is ready to strike hard if communists push for full war. Reports from the front detail hill captures by South Korean troops near Heartbreak Ridge and air battles north of Sinanju with MiG losses. Bradley visits command posts amid tense armistice talks and a looming decision on resuming negotiations.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Mathew 8B
Ridgway
Public Information Office
Omar N. Bradley
America
United Nations
Heartbreak Ridge
Yanggu
Sinanju
U. S. Fifth Air Force
James A. van Fleet
U. N
Bradley
U. S.joint Chiefs of Staff
Ridgway, van Fleet
Charles Chip Bohlen
U. S. State Department
Russia
Family Rosary Crusade Begins Across Nine Jurisdictions
The Roman Catholic Church’s Family Rosary Crusade begins Sunday across nine ecclesiastical jurisdictions including the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Spanning five weeks in southern states, the drive aims to register one million pledges for daily home Rosary prayer led by Rev. Patrick Peyton. In Baltimore, Rev. Robert A. Bozel directs St. John’s parish effort with Ignatius Kennedy and Carl J. Franzen assisting as district chairs. A giant rally is planned for October 14 at Memorial Stadium with Archbishop Keough and Father Peyton. The campaign seeks broad Catholic family participation to renew daily family prayer.
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Archdiocese of Baltimore
Patrick Peyton
C.S.C
Robert A. Bozel
St. John's
Ignatius Kennedy
Carl J. Franzen
Memorial Stadium
Baltimore
Francis P. Keough
Father Peyton
Keough
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Bee
Hood
Brhive
East
John V. Nicodemus
Walkersville Methodist Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
U.S
King
Sasseer
O’conor
Brooklyn
New York Yankees
Dodgers
Giants
Philadelphia
Braves
Boston
Corporal Wantz
Admiral Fechteler
State
Defense Department
Japan
U.N
Reds
Circuit Court
Frances Six
Joseph B. Six
Union Bridge
Luther A. Baumgardner
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