Fair Opens With Best Of Weather
One of Frederick County’s premier agricultural fairs opened for five days amid near perfect sunny conditions. Attendance was steady with rising noon crowds and a forecast of warm days ahead. Governor Lane visits tomorrow for Governor’s Day as GOP candidates tour Garrett and Allegany counties. The fair showcases top livestock, machinery, and produce with strong county exhibits and a robust cattle display drawing the morning crowd.
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Frederick
Weather Bureau
Lane
W. Preston Lane, Jr
Cumberland
Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
John L. Shaw
Board of Managers
Shaw
Washington County
Poultry Department
Court House
Moon
Frank N. Stauffer
Congressman Pierces Iron Curtain in Berlin With Russian Escort
A U S congressman Rep Thurmond Chatham toured Soviet held Berlin with a Russian escort friend. He rode a jeep into the Soviet sector, saw jet planes and a small tank base, and described 20 tanks below typical height. He warned of possible arrest as a spy and noted the Russian wore civilian clothes in a West Berlin club before guiding him back to the Western sector.
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Russia
Germany
Thurmond Chatham
U. S
Europe
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Red Army
Asia
Kremlin
Woman Burned In Freak Fire At Montgomery Ward Lot
A freak fire in a department store parking area sent Thelma Sturgeon to the hospital in critical condition after gasoline leaked from Eva Miller's car sparked by a passing vehicle. Miller and her daughter Teresa Simms suffered facial and hand burns. Miller's car burned, others were damaged. Rebecca Sturgeon sustained minor burns to a shoe. Howard Smith aided extinguisher efforts.
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Baltimore
Thelma Sturgeon
Oflichester
Eva Miller
Ilchester
Montgomery Ward
Howard Smith
Rhee Claims South Korean Troops Acted Without Orders
President Syngman Rhee said South Korean forces may have crossed the parallel into Northern Korea without U S Eighth Army orders. He sat in his presidential mansion and noted some villages were destroyed as he urged housing for the distressed.
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Tom Lambert
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korean Republic
Korea
U. S
Eighth Army
Hind
Presidential
Pilots report firing over Fort Meade blamed on tracer bullets
Baltimore pilots said four airliners were fired on over Fort Meade last night. Second Army headquarters called it a likely misperception and noted tracer bullets over infantry units on an infiltration course. The Army said similar reports occurred on September 26.
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Baltimore
Second Army
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Season Of Hay Fever Near End
Good news for hay fever sufferers in Frederick as the season winds down with frost not expected for two weeks. Washington Medical Society notes pollen levels have fallen, with the Weather Bureau reporting a nearly pollen-free air sample over 49 days.
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Frederick
District Medicai Society
Washington
Washington Medical Society
Weather Bureau
Teams Agree On Substitutes For World Series
Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees agreed on three replacement players for the World Series. Jocka Thompson and Jack Mayo join the Phillies, Johnny Hopp adds for the Yankees. Hopp replaces Tommy Henrich, knee injury, out. Mayo fills for Bill Nicholson who has diabetes.
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Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
Jocka Thompson
Jack Mayo
Phillies
Johnny Hopp
Yankees
A. B. Chandler
Hopp
Tommy Henrich
Thompson
Phils
Curt Simmons
National Guard
Mayo
Bill Nicholson
Court of Appeals Opens term with 98 cases docketed
Annapolis Oct 3 The Court of Appeals opened a new term today with 98 cases already docketed for argument. Only five of the six appellate judges were present for the first case. Judge C Gus Grason was ill at his Towson home. Attaches expect additional appeals from disputed lower court rulings before next summer.
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Annapolis
Dudges
Maryland
High Court
C. Gus Grason
Towson
Buyers Take Charge in New York Stock Market
Buyers took the upper hand today in New York trading and bid prices up by a few cents to more than a dollar a share. There were signs of profit taking here and there as traders cashed in on a market that yesterday reached another new high for 19 years.
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New York
Opening Of EUB Meeting In Frederick Marks 162nd Conference
About 175 lay workers and pastors registered as the Evangelical United Brethren church opened its 162nd annual conference in Frederick at the Centennial Memorial EUB. Sessions run through Thursday with reports on salaries building programs and charitable contributions. A Holy Communion service and memorial for deceased pastors opened the day, as the sesquicentennial marker for the Church of the United Brethren in Christ was announced.
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
Frederick
West Second Street
Paul E. V. Shannon
York
Camp Fenn
J. Palmer Showers
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Washington
John H. Ness, Jr
United Brethren Church
Paul &. Althouse
Evangelical Reformed Church
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Peter Kemp
Roaring Dog Romance Suit Dismissed in Chicago
A $5,000 dog damage suit over a mongrel named Skippy and Snow Queen was dismissed after long arguments. Skippy’s owner paid $100 to Snow Queen’s owner, Beisner, as Judge Reid complained of the court’s 1,900 pending cases.
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Chicago
Skippy
Snow Queen
E. W. Nolden
Lowell E. Beisner
Leonard C. Reid
Beisner
Schipperke
Reid
Nolden
Bridges accuses State Dept of great sell-out in Korea
Senator Bridges accuses the State Department of a great sell-out and giving away gains won by U N troops in Korea. He blames Secretary Acheson for opening the back door to Communist China entering the United Nations.
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Washington
Bridges
State Department
Korea
Asia
United Nations
Acheson
China
Condition Of Streams Clear At Frederick Junction
Readable report notes Monocacy waterway clear at Frederick Junction while Potomac shows clearer flow near Knoxville with no obstructions or hazards observed.
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Frederick Junction
Knoxville
Seventh Hurricane Of Season Watched
A small but severe tropical hurricane, the seventh of the season, heads westward in the Atlantic and veers away from Bermuda. It has winds up to 100 mph near the center and hurricane-force winds extending 60 miles, moving about seven mph. The Weather Bureau placed the storm about 180 miles northwest of Bermuda at 4:30 a.m. EST.
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Fls
Atlantic
Bermuda
2000 X-Rayed TB Trailer To Stop At Fair
Frederick county conducts its largest ever x ray TB survey moving the mobile unit between downtown sites and community venues. Over 2000 people have been filmed since the mass survey began last Tuesday and services remain free to anyone over 15. The trailer will be at the Fairgrounds Friday from 2:30 to 6 p m after earlier stops at North Market Street and Catoctin Furnace. Sponsored by local associations with aid from the Frederick Health Department the Maryland TB Association and the State Department of Health.
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Second
Market Streets
North Market Street
Catoctin Furnace
Methodist Youth Council
Lewistown
Homemakers Club
Fairgrounds
Frederick
Citizens’ Associations
The
TB and Public Health Association
Frederick Health Department
Maryland TB Association
State Department of Health
Cost Hits New Plane Program
Washington reports the Air Force must cut its expansion of 4,428 planes or seek more funds after price rises add 315 to 360 million dollars to the cost through September. Undersecretary John McCone testified to the House Armed Services Committee chaired by Vinson, urging Congress to control prices or provide more money.
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Washington
Air Force
Congress
John McCone
Air
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
McCone
New Slate Roof Placed On Court House
Prospective registrants entered Precincts 5 A in the Court House basement today without fear of falling slate. Miss Ruth Moberly, a Board of Election Supervisors member, alerted Sheriff Guy Anders who told roof workers to move away from the front of the Peoples court room, allowing registration to continue safely.
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Court House
Ruth Moberly
Board of Election Supervisors
Guy Anders
Slaters
Peoples Court Room
Miller absolved in death of elderly Shepherdstown man
Shepherdstown West Virginia October 3 Ward William Miller of Martinsburg has been absolved of blame in the highway death Monday morning of Charles Franklin Rodrick 74 of near Shepherdstown State police said witnesses reported Rodrick walked in front of Miller s car No charges were filed and the investigation found no fault by the driver in the fatal accident occurring on the highway near Shepherdstown
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Ward William Miller
Martinsburg
Charles Franklin Rodrick
Rodrick
Miller
Auto He Won At Carnival Is Wrecked
Paul Rice of Urbana wrecked his 1950 Pontiac when he left the highway near Gaithersburg and struck a utility pole. He was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital with non serious injuries. The car, won at Hyattstown Firemen's carnival, was totaled. Bystanders freed him and transported him from Hyattstown to the hospital. The fire company ambulance crew included Norman Burdette Allen Burgee and Colon Crolley.
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Paul Rice
Urbana
Gaithersburg
Rice
Rockville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Hyattstown
Norman Burdette
Allen Burgee
Colon Crolley
Fourth Polio Case Is Found In Frederick County
Fourth polio case this season is diagnosed in a Frederick County child. Mary Louise Burrier, a Walkersville daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burrier, is treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital with a mild form and no paralysis. Officials report scattered cases and urge normal activity for children to avoid over-precaution.
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Frederick
Frederick Memorias Hospital
Mary Louise Burrier
Charles Burrier
Walkersville
Baltimore City
Frederick County
Burkittsville
Middletown
Harmony
Progressive Democrats Organize Club in Frederick County
The Progressive Democratic Club of Frederick County, Inc. formed Monday evening at Mahoney for Governor HQ on North Market Street. Starting with about 100 members, the group supports George P. Mahoney and will act as an ex unit with social and political aims. Francis Petrott was elected president with officers Dawson Horine, Mrs. Bessye Cummings, Mrs. John Roddy Jr, G. Horton Peace, E. Paul Magaha, and Mrs. Agatha Flock. Regular meetings will occur and a county board of directors will be appointed from the 26 election districts.
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Progressive Democratic Club of
Frederick County
Francis Petrott
Mahoney
Agatha Flock
Facts Speak For Selves Is Kefauver's Position
Washington Oct 3 Senator Kefauver D Tenn said the Senate Crime Investigating committee lets the facts speak for themselves without regard to political consequences. He rejected Senator Brewster R Me view that disclosures aid Republicans in regaining control. Kefauver heads the special panel probing interstate crime and corrupting influences.
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Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Brewster
R-Me
Congress
Kefsover
Senate
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
The Associated Press reports a five day forecast with fair weather in Maryland and Delaware overall. Expect considerable cloudiness Wednesday and Thursday with indications of scattered showers toward the end of the week. Cool on Wednesday, warmer Friday, then cooler again Sunday.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Delaware
Power Grid Worries Chinese Reds Over Korea War
Hong Kong dispatch notes Communist China fears disruption of the Yalu river hydroelectric grid built by Japan, supplying Manchuria and Korea. As South Korea advances and North Korea teeters, Beijing worries unified Korea could place the dams under unfriendly control, threatening Manchurian industry.
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Fred Hampson Hongkong
China
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
North Korea
United Nations
U. N
Hed
Chou En- Lai
Yalu
Japan
Russia
Red China
Formosa
Moscow
Literary Gazette Attacks Wallace in Enemies List
In Moscow on October 3 the Literary Gazette named Henry A Wallace an enemy of humanity calling him a political businessman and condemned many writers including John Dos Passos as Truman lackeys. Dos Passos was labeled a literary gangster advocating humanity’s destruction with atomic weapons.
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Moscow
The
Literary Gazette Today
Henry A. Wallace
American Progressive Party
Wallace
John Dos Passos
Truman
X x
Henry Wallace
Dos Passos
Hoskins Unopposed for District Governor in West Virginia
Homer E. Hoskins of Morgantown was elected unopposed today as governor of the West Virginia District of Kiwanians International. He succeeds J. Burns Huyett of Charles Town, with Elmer Lake of Huntington named to succeed Hoskins as district treasurer, following Hose/ Hoskins tenure as treasurer for three years.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Homer E. Hoskins
Morgantown
West Virginia
Kiwanii International
Hosking
J. Burns Huyett
Charles Town
Elmer Lake
Huntington
Hoskins
Allies pound traffic columns and Red China borders
FEAF said allied planes hit heavy south bound traffic on the highway from the Manchuria border toward Pyongyang. Reporting from Tokyo noted SK forces pushed about 50 miles into Red Korea near the Manchuria line with coordinations at Kangaung and Kangong, while KMAG noted prisoners remained few and a potential flanking threat.
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PA Far East Air Force
FEAF
Manchuria
Communist China
Pyongyang
FEAP
Antung
Yalu River
Red China
Red Korea
China
U. S
Koryo
Kangaung
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Earl E. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
Kim Pak II
First Corps
Korean Military Advisory Group
KMAG
Hal Boyle
Republic
Kangong
Kosong
Wonsan
Kansong
Sea of Japan
Boyle
MacArthur
Occupation of All Korea Pressed by Nations
Australia urged United Nations forces to occupy all Korea from the 38th parallel, aiming to destroy North Korea’s army. India voiced doubts about the wisdom of the eight nation plan, warning it could imply crossing the 38th parallel and prolonged occupation.
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Anecine
South Korea
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