Air Force steps up B52 bomber and F100 fighter output
Washington reports the Air Force will increase production of the Boeing B52 jet bombers and North American F100 fighters. Final counts are undecided. Boeing's Wichita plant will be expanded at an estimated cost of 250 million dollars to reduce reliance on a single source. The F100 mock tests show speed of sound reached. final tests pending. Contracts for C123 assault transport planes likely awarded to a single company.
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Washington
Air Force
Talbott
Boeing
Wichita
Kan
Seattle
Toot Talbott
Resignation reshuffles top of Agriculture Dept
Assistant Secretary Romeo Short resigns for health reasons, prompting John H. Davis to take over Short's duties. Howard H. Gordon expands to oversee commodity marketing and the Commodity Credit Corporation while remaining PDA administrator. A new assistant secretary will be named later. Gordon hails from South Carolina.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Romeo E. Short
Department
Foreign Agriculture Service
Short
American Farm Bureau Federation
Benson
Brinkley
Ark
John H. Davis
Davis
Statewide air raid alerts likely to continue says official
State Civil Defense Director Sherley Ewing announced future statewide alerts and possible non disclosure of test times. He cited public reaction to Operation Checkup as evidence such alerts are desirable while denying intentions to harass residents. Local directors call for more surprise tests.
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Sherley Ewing
Ewing
C. D
Leilure
Housewives See Potato Prices Drop Boosting Shoppers
Potatoes sell cheap in New York stores at 23 cents for five pounds, while farmers from Maine to California face losses from a spud surplus. The 1953 Maine crop may bring as little as $1 per barrel, with overall U.S. production rising to about 381 million bushels. Experts warn many growers may abandon portions of fields without price supports, and marketing agreements seek to curb supplies.
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Wall Street Journal
Maine
California
New York City
Aroostook County
U. S
Dave Garceau
First National Bank
Fort Kent
Fred H. Vahlsing, Jr
New York
Big F. H. Vahlsing
Carl Smith
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Agriculture Department
Washington
Congress
Fred J. Nutter
Idaho
Oregon
Colorado
Nevada
Wyoming
Utah
Aroostook
Three Frederick youths arrested in gasoline theft case
Montgomery County police say they halted nightly raids on a Hyattstown area construction firm’s gasoline supply after arresting three Frederick youths, Thomas Staley Donald Lee Whipp and Don Edward Nothagle, all held on 100 dollar bonds. Larceny charges were filed.
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Montgomery County
Hyattstown
Frederick
Thomas Staley
Donald Lee Whipp
Don Edward Nothagle
Sergt
Frank R. Griggs
Montgomery County Police
Troubles Grow For Accused Wims In Night Court
Lester W Wims colored Route 1 Clarksbury faced multiple charges after a hit and run and a concealed weapons count. He lost a not guilty plea on failing to stop after striking an unattended vehicle and remains held on a $500 bond. An earlier fine and an intoxicated driving case are noted, with witnesses linking paint from Wims to a damaged vehicle. Other cases include Zimmerman following too closely, Bernard Federline pleading guilty to drunken driving, and various collateral forfeitures for disorderly conduct and reckless driving.
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Lester W. Wims
Clarksburg
People’s Night Court
Wims
H Reese Shoemaker Jr
People’s Night
Edwin F. Nikirk
William B. Huddleson
South Carroll Street
Norman Trump
Trump
Paul Duckett
South Bentz Street
Nikirk
John N. Zimmerman
Walkersville
West Patrick Street
Zimmerman
Bernard Federline
RFD
Chambersburg
Nathan Dorsey
Federline
Harold B. Riggs
Rockville
West All Saints
Riggs
Paul R. Sims
Poolesville
King and
Kanade
William C. Davis Jr
Center Street
Francis E. Ellis
Victor
N. Y
Harry Phillips
William Staley
Dixon
Dale B. Morgan
Monrovia
Richard E. Stine
West Fifth Street
Lawrence Ambush
Ice Street
Ambush
Lawrence Brown
Broadway
Richard G. Stewart
Flemington
W. Va
P. W. Mossburg
Carlos C. Knotts
Baltimore
Bermard King
Zog Leaves Egypt for Exile on French Liner
Exiled Albanian king Zog and his family booked passage from Alexandria on a French liner October 19. He says he is leaving the Egyptian refuge for good after years of exile since Italy’s invasion of Albania in World War II. His immunity was withdrawn last month by the government that toppled King Farouk.
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Zog
Egypt
Alexandria
Albania
Balkan
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Farouk
Mrs Moore Honored at Grand Temple Pythian Sisters
Mrs Phyllis Moore of Knoxville was elected Grand Trustee at the Grand Temple Pythian Sisters convention in Annapolis. Mrs Agnes Love of Cumberland was named Grand Chief.
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Moore
Grand Temple Pythian Sisters
Annapolis
Phyllis Moore
Knoxville
Agnes Love Et
Cumberland
Graceham Moravian Church Honors 195th Anniversary
Graceham Moravian Church marks its 195th founding anniversary with special services on Sunday including Anniversary Lovefeast Communion and a 7:30 pm Official Board meeting with Rev. F D Stocker of Bethlehem PA as guest speaker. Rev Ernest Drebert notes eleven months in Graceham following Utica pastorate. Historic site: church organized 1758 with 1822 cornerstone, parsonage 1793, and one of America’s oldest continually observed Easter Sunrise Services.
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Graceham
Stocker
Iice
Moravian Communion
Ernest Drebert
Drebert
Utica
N. Y
Moravian Church
Monocacy River
Creagerstown
Woodsboro
Graceham Moravian Church
America
Moravia
Abortion Is Charged After Woman's Death
In Cambridge Maryland two people face charges after the death of 26 year old Thelma Pryor of La Plata in what authorities call an illegal abortion. Mrs. Sarah Willey 30 and Elva Fletcher 45 were arrested and jailed as the investigation continues under Dorchester County State's Attorney Calvin Brinsfield and police chief Grayson Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
la Plata
Thelma Pryor
Mudd & Mudd
Sarah Willey
Miss Pryor
John Mace
Dorchester County
Easton
Calvin L. Brinsfield
Grayson W. Price
James C. Leonard
Cambridge City
Price
Willey
Fletcher
Maryland Council Chooses Rockville For 1954 Session
The Maryland Council of Chambers of Commerce met in Cumberland and voted to hold its next session in Rockville on January 16, 1954. Dwight D. Havens moderated workshops as the council adopted a five point work program and affirmed liaison with the Maryland Legislature. James W. Stone of Hagerstown presides. A separate item reports a 3 year old girl found safe in Churchton after a missing person search.
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Cumberland
Maryland Council of Chambers of Commerce
Rockville
Dwight D. Havens
Service Department
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Maryland
James W. Stone
Hagerstown
Missing Churchton Girl Found Safe Near Home
Anne Arundel County police report a five year old girl named Myrtle Gray wandered from her one room home in Churchton. After being outdoors without food for hours she was located more than a half mile away by Andrew Thompson and a group including her father Enos Gray. She had water but no food and was taken to Anne Arundel County General Hospital with no ill effects.
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Anne Arundel County
Enos Gray
Churchton
Andrew Thompson
Jee Am
Myrtle
Anne Arundel County General Hospital
Britain’s Labor Party rejects left wing anti US resolution
Margaret England Sept 28 Britain's Labor party today rejected a left wing resolution blaming the United States for the cold war and armament race. Aneurin Bevan stayed silent though some followers backed the measure. The party executive advanced a moderate policy statement stressing Britain’s financial strength efficiency and better use of land.
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Margaret
England
Britain
Labor Party
United States
Aneurin Bevan
State Appeals Case To Court In Wims Concealed Weapon Fight
State's Attorney Price appealed to Circuit Court after Magistrate Sheffield acquitted Lester W Wims of carrying a concealed deadly weapon. Wims had been cited for parking illegally on South Carroll Street and faced prior charges including hit and run and DUI related offenses. The defense argued the statute's wording "'on or about the person" should be read as attached to the person, while the State urged ready access. The court noted Maryland precedent is unclear and urged legislative clarification.
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Charles A. Price
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Lester W Wims
Clarksburg
Wims
Norman Trump
South Carroll Street
W. B. Huddieson
Maryland Court of Appeals
Nikirk
Sheffield
Maryland
New York
Netex Am
Price
Douglas Eugene Dixon
West Fourth Street
Maryland House of Correction
Frederick
A. G. Hedden
Patient Peaceful Negotiation Favored
Former President Truman urged peaceful negotiation to resolve differences with the Soviet bloc. He spoke at the Four Freedoms Award dinner, stressing allied unity, a strong defense, NATO support, European unity, the Rio Pact, Pacific alliances, and aid for developing nations. He warned that isolationism would lead to disaster.
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New York
Truman
Soviet Bloc
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
Americans Are Heavy Drinkers and Teetotaler Debate
Washington report cites Yale alcoholism expert Dr. Selden D. Bacon stating 60 to 70 million Americans drink, with four million potential alcoholics. He criticizes temperance rhetoric, urges education beyond fear tactics, and contests common claims about alcohol’s dangers and heredity. A hurricane description closes the piece.
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Washington
Selden D. Bacon
Center of Alcoholic Studies
Yale University
Bacon
U. S. News & World Report
Drys
Dr. Bacon
Yale Center
Report Loaded With Propaganda Says Senate Panel
A pair of Russians and a former top American Red describe an Army training manual on Soviet traits as heavily Communist propaganda. The witnesses claim the document distorts Lenin and Stalin quotes and serves as propaganda for the Soviet regime. McCarthy labels the work 95 percent propaganda and seeks removal from use by the Army.
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Washington
Senate
Soviet Siberia
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Igor Bogelepov
Kremlin
Bogelepov
Lenin
Stalin
Vladimir Petrov
Yale University
Siberia
Russia
Petrov
Army
R. C. Partridge
Army Intelligence
Partridge
Stevens
Captain Dillinger suspended for 15 days by state police
Capt. Carl B. Dillinger, commander of the Waterloo and Waldorf state police barracks, was suspended 15 days without pay for unbecoming conduct after a hearing. Col. Elmer Munshower said the incident stemmed from a fishing trip when passenger Thomas Scobitch allegedly forced the car off Route 300 near Central Avenue, prompting a crowd to gather and a police response. Dillinger had been authorized to use the car off duty to stay in touch with district HQ.
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Baltimore
Carl B. Dillinger
Waterloo and Waldorf
Elmer Munshower
Dillinger
Munshower
C. C. Zumbrun
Thomas Scobitch
Laurel
Scobitch
Zumbrun
Route 300
Central Avenue
Prince George's County
Gamma Chapter Meets at Park Tea House
Gamma Chapter of Delta Kappa held its first gathering at Park Tea House on Saturday with forty five members present. A business session led by president Miss Marian Curling of Gaithersburg was followed by a picnic supper. Local teachers in attendance included Edith Osman and others from Carroll Frederick and Washington counties along with staff from the Maryland State School for the Deaf and Hood College. Delta Kappa Gamma is a women teachers' group focused on improving instruction teacher welfare and recruitment.
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GAMMA
Delta Kappa
Park Tea House
Marian Curling
Gaithersburg
Edith Osman
Mariat Moser
Louise Thompson
Nellie Carlin
Helen Chandier
Ruth Swank
Dorothy Ranck
Mary A. Repp
Virginia D. Klos
Mary Benson
Sarah Quinn
Mary Rhoads
Marian Carling
Virginia Wenner
Louise Weasley
Louise Doty
Evelyn Mudge
Marian Smith
Katharine Dutrow
Beattie Stauffer
Nettie Mulier
Irene Price
Katharine Biehl
Carroll
Frederick
Washington
Maryland State School For the Deaf and
Hood College
Delta Kappa Gemma
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P. Luther Rice
Lester B. Feaga
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Edward H. Mantz
Edward
Rice
James W. Houck
Oran Lease
Charles Keefer
Raymond Schwartz
Glenn Stanton
Earl Stup
Frank Grimes
Salina
Barbara Stook
R. H. Davison
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
E. T. Beali
Council of C. C
Tite Gray
Korea
Defense Department
Capt. Dillinger
Prppa
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