Remsburg case opens in Remsburg nuisance probe
A Frederick County court investigates a public nuisance charge against Braddock Heights businessman Remsburg for blocking Urner avenue with metal cans and cars. Key witnesses include Dr. Paul R. Brawer of Camp Detrick and local residents who report loud noises and blocked access since January. Remsburg pleads not guilty as hearings proceed with testimony from other defendants in related larceny cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles UW. Mee
Leslie Kefauver
Bruce Brachey
Fonocacy Motors
Peamroy
John Fitzpatrick
Nikirk
Fitez
C. Clifton Wirts
Alton Vennett
T Fitez
Himes
Harding
Witesses
Erosburg
Remsburg
Dendant
Paul R. Brawer
Camp Detrick
Urner Avnue
Emsburg
Heights
Urner Avenue
Brewer
Route 40
Thomas S. Glass
Frederick’ Atney
Her Avenue
Mary
Remsry
Jerome Offutt
Russia Could Launch Atomic Attack On U S Cities
Washington October 9 a member of the Congressional Atomic Energy committee says Russia could attack 20 to 50 American cities with atomic weapons. Rep Jackson notes the United States can now produce tactical atomic weapons and urges immediate, large scale spending to boost atomic defense and weapon production.
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Washington
PAG
Congressional _Atomic Energy committee
Russia
Rep
Jackson
House
Senate
McMahon
Dconn
House Atomic Energy Committee
Koreas
Moody
D-Mich
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Three Theft Spree Nets 300 Chickens Across County
Sheriff reports three separate thefts over the past week stole about 300 chickens. William Davis, Raymond Miller, and C Jacob Lutz farms were hit on routes near Johnesville Union Bridge, Route 40 A west of Middletown, and Middletown My ersville Road. Investigations continue as farmers urged caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
William Davis
Johnesville-Union Bridge
Raymond
Licenses Of 4 Suspended At Hearings In Frederick
Motor vehicle driving privileges of four men were suspended and a fifth license revoked at hearings before license reviewer N W Gerhardt in the Court House. Several others were put on driving probation or reprimanded for violations including speeding, failure to stay in the center lane, and a property damage crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Gerhardt
Department of Motor Vehicles
Court House
Otis C. Diggs
Ice Street
Sidney Eugene Dixon
Route 5
Frederick
Gene Leo Emory
Thurmont
Emory
James E Hamilton
Sjamsville
Marlin A Kinna
Route 2
Middletown
Leon Adam Green
Hamilton
Green
Kinna
Center
Ralph B. Remsburg
Walkersville
Robert
Pyles
Myersville
Gaither R. Frushour
Earl W. Fellows
John K. Shipley
Monrovia
Charles G. Weddle
West Sixth Street
Garman R. Linton
Route 3
Paul L. Baugher
South Market Street
Elmer K. Foland
New Market
Curtis R. Kendall
Albert T. McLott
Light Frost Reported Overnight Near Freezing Point
A light frost was noted as temperatures neared 32 degrees in city areas and nearby low-lying counties. The Weather Bureau station logged 34 degrees at the airport. The observer forecast colder temps tonight near or below 32 and a slight warmup tomorrow with no rain expected.
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Weather Bureau
Drum Corps Elects Hahn as President at Recent Meeting
Herbert S. Hahn Jr was elected president of the Drum and Bugle Corps of Francis Scott Key Post No 11 American region at a recent meeting. Harwood Cornell will serve as vice president with Anna Mae Fisher as secretary W M Ray Spurrier treasurer William Kehne William Miles Henry Keller Charles Thrift and Robert Fry named as trustees. Appointive offices drum major and instructors to be filled later.
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Drum Corps
Herbert S. Hahn, Jr
Francis Scott Key
Hahn
Harwood Cornell
Anna Mae Fisher
W. M. Ray Spurrier
William Kehne
William Miles
Henry Keller
Charles Thrift
Robert Fry
Britain Faces Break With Egypt Over Defense Pact
Cairo moves to cancel the 1936 mutual defense treaty and the 1899 Sudan arrangement, sparking street celebrations in Cairo and British denials of binding force. Prime Minister Nahas Pasha pursues bills to end the pact, while Britain and Egypt dispute legality and renegotiation terms amid regional tension.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal
Mustafa Nahas Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Sudan
Upper Nile
Farouk
London
Foreign Office
Middle East
Suez
Washington
State Department
Middle Eastern
Canal
Ancillary Letters Granted In Estate In Chambersburg Pa
Orphans Court grants ancillary letters of administration for Arabella Elizabeth Mantz estate. Charles P Haller Sr and George W Graham named executors. Mantz owned Robert E Lee Hotel at 12 14 South Market St with 30000 appraisement. Will of Charles W Kolb probated bequeathing estate to family. Executors Crum and Reed directed to sell testator autos. Residue to widow Janet V Kolb for life, then to children Lena Harris Frances Toberg Hazel Hoffman and Charles Kolb Jr. Will dated July 13 1949. Witnesses Holden S Felton Edith Wickham. NEW MAIL SERVICE The first week of city mail service in western sections satisfactory officials say. Service began first of month. Ninety percent of residents have numbered houses and set up new mail boxes or door slots. Some walkways to garages allowed to use old rural boxes temporarily.
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Arabella Elizabeth Mantz
Chambersburg
Robert E. Lee
South Market Street
Charles P. Haller
George W. Graham
Charles W. Kolb
East Fifth Street
Orphans Court
Charles P. Crum
Ruby Mae Reed
Janet V. Kolb
Lena G. Harris
Frances F. Toberg
Hazel Lb. Hoffman
Charles W. Kolb, Jr
Holden S. Felton
Edith’ Wickham
Property Sold in Union Bridge At Public Court Sale
Mr and Mrs Richard K Miller of Union Bridge bought 47 49 South Market Street for 22500 at a public sale conducted at the Court House. Kathleen A Murphy and Margaret E Crum executors of Millard Barthlow estate were the sellers. The two story brick building has two storefronts. Emmett R Bowlus acted as auctioneer.
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Richard K. Miller
Union Bridge
South Market Street
Kathleen A. Murphy
Margaret E. Crum
Millard Barthlow
Court House
Emmett R. Bowlus
Scandal In Income Taxes Spreading
Washington reports the House Ways and Means subcommittee hearings on irregularities in the tax service may widen to more offices. Francis P. Smith and Hugh Finnegan questioned as Adrian Dewind notes Detroit and other offices under investigation. Senator Williams cites a Kansas City case against Arden H. Myers with $675,344 claimed. Kevin Nee defends his role as former IRS collector.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
James P. Finnegan
St. Louis
Internal Revenue
Adrian W. Dewind
Detroit
Detroit Internal Revenue Office
Dewind
Francis P. Smith
Philadelphia
Hugh Finnegan
James
Boston
Dennis W. Delaney
Senate
Williams
R-Del
Kansas City
Arden H. Myers
Willliams
Myers
Dan M. Nee
Nee
Revenue Agent's Office
Missouri
Truman Defends Security Order Amid Protests
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer defended President Truman’s Sept 25 security information order as needed for national safety amid calls that it censors news. He urged balanced release and noted officials must curb excessive information while opposing censorship claims. The Associated Press editors also denounced the order as a dangerous tool for suppressing news.
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Philadelphia
Sawyer
Truman
United States
White House
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Poor Richard Club
Benjamin Franklin
Yankees Lead Giants 7-1 End of Fourth in World Series
The reported score at the end of the fourth inning in game five shows the New York Yankees ahead of the San Francisco Giants by seven runs to one.
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Yankees
Giants
Below Freezing Marks Reach In West Va
Charleston West Virginia October 9 Temperatures at several points in West Virginia dipped below freezing last night. Elkins in Randolph county and Flat Top on the Raleigh Mercer county line reported lows of 28 degrees Petersburg found a reading of a degrees Others in the freezing range included Parkersburg and Huntington which had 32s The mercury fell to 44 Martha sburg 37 in Charleston 38 in Wheeling and 42 in Morgantown The cold nipped greenery in most higher elevations bringing with it the first killing frost nearly a week ahead of schedule Normally the first hard frost date in West Virginia is about October 15.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Elkins
Randolph County
Raleigh- Mercer County
Petersburg
Parkersburg
Huntington
Marthasburg
Wheeling
Morgantown
U S Destroyer Ernest G Small Mines Casualties Reported
The U S destroyer Ernest G Small struck a mine off Hungnam East Coast North Korea. Eight sailors killed and eight injured initially reported with subsequent Navy notice. Eight bodies were recovered and wounded transferred to Helena before Small headed to Japan for repairs.
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Tokyo
Far East
U. S
Ernest G. Small
North Korea
Navy
Washington
Small
Hungnam
38Th Parallel
Smalt
Eirdt
Helena
Wonsan
Japan
New Jersey
Korea
Firecrest
Redshore
Committed To State Hospital In Mental Capacity Ruling
Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer ordered Earl L. Routzahn committed to Spring Grove State Hospital in Catonsville for mental evaluation and confinement until recovery. Indictments for assault with intent to commit sexual acts, attempted incest, and related charges were stayed pending trial. The court found Routzahn mentally incapable of proper defense. Also noted are prior cases involving Lotman, Hildebrand, and Brashears, plus a Cumberland fatal crash where William Moreland, 29, died in a collision with a bus on Route 36.
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Libertytown
Maryland
Ireuit
Alton €. Whitmore
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Race Remsburg
Braddock Heights
Raymond O. Coates
York
Schnauffer
Joe's Cleaners
Erward Eyler
Coates
Eyler
Oath Market Street
All Saints Reet
Peomroy
Himes
Ernest ©. Shank
Mer County
Abracat H. Derr
Patrick ™. Schnauffer
Earl L. Routzahn
Spring Grove State Hospital
Catonsville
Routzahn
State Board of Mental Hygiene
Spring Grove
C. Clifton Wirts
Edwin F. Nikirk
Lotman
Winfield Lotman
Baltimore
Clifton
State Reformatory
Baltimore City
James
Hildebrand
Frederick
Route 5
Carroll Brashears
Reformatory
Reds To Send Allies New Truce Word
Tokyo dispatch reports the Reds plan another message to allied liaison officers at Panmunjom about resuming Korean truce talks. The timing aligns with Ridgways proposal for a preparatory liaison session. changes in the U N negotiating team were noted, with Burke expected to depart for Washington and Hodes named deputy commander of the 58th Army.
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Tokyo
Reds
Uiles
Panmunjom
Feme
Matthew B. Ridgway
Halson
Munssan
U. N. Command Armatice Dele-Galion
Ridgway
Ponmuntom
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Jay
U. N
Korea
Associated Press
Robert Tuckman
Henry T. Hodes
WA. 58Th Army
Republic of Korea First Corps
Burke
Munsan
Two Found Not Guilty After Auto Collision
Two motorists, George Patrick Ambush of 300 Madison Street and Ernest William Hurd of 117 West All Saints Street, were found not guilty of reckless driving in Peoples Court after an auto collision at South and South Market streets last Tuesday. Several defendants faced traffic-related fines. arrests were by several officers.
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Ewo Frederick
South
South Market
George Patrick Ambush
Madison Street
Ernest William Hurd
West All Saints Street
George Hoffman
Peoples Court
Herbert B. Williar
Airy
Emil Edgar Shober
Middletown
Naomi
Thompson
Baltimore
Raymond D. Beard
Hagersdown
Charles E. Williams
Washington
George Naylor
Taneytown
Willard E. Keller
Buckeystown
Robert L. St. Clair
Mr. Rainier
Edwin Wetherill
St. Peter
Minn
Farris W. Cox
B. F. Phebus
Ralph Potts
R. Arnold Simons
Sherman Boone
Harlan DeGrange
Truman Keeps Politicians Guessing On Re Election
President Truman twists fate with cryptic hints about running again. In the White House rose garden he met Bollywood figures tied to Los Angeles cinema history. Joyce O'Hara of the Motion Picture Association floated a handshake offer as Truman joked about availability in the not too distant future.
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Washington
Truman
White House Rose Garden
Los Angeles
Joyce O'Hara
Motion Picture Association
Mr. Truman
Navy tanker and freighter collide off North Carolina
The Navy tanker Suamico and the American freighter Saxon collided early today about 12 miles off the North Carolina coast. Coast Guard said both ships reported superficial damage and continued to move under their own power.
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Norfoly
Suamico
North Carolina
Coast Guard
West Front gains reported as Korean War fighting continues
United States First Cavalry Division advances over a mile on the western front as Chinese forces resist along Searbreak Ridge and peaks. Allied units, including French troops, clash with Reds near Heartbreak Ridge with gains of 200 to 400 yards in places while others hold at the northern peak.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Searbreak Ridge
U. S
U. S First Cavalry
Yonchon
Panmunjom
Heartbreak Ridge
38Th Parallel
U.S. 23Rd Infantry Regiment
Reds Paying High Price From Korea Peace Talks Breakoff
At Eighth Army HQ Korea Oct 9 soldiers bled wounded or captured. Up to 250 square miles of North Korea lost to Allied rains. eight to ten Communist divisions knocked out months. Fifth Air Force smashed rail and road nets. Red setback reduces chance of major offensive but may still return to armistice talks. Allies suffer casualties. exact figures kept secret.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Ath
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Parcel Post Bill Passes House in Washington
The House approved a bill to reduce parcel post package size and weight with exceptions to preserve service for rural areas not served by express firms. The measure, passed yesterday, returns to the Senate after similar progress in the water bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wate
Five Day Forecast For Maryland And Delaware
Five day outlook shows little or no rain from Wednesday through Sunday. Morning temperatures start cool then warm gradually reaching above normal by Sunday. Daytime highs settle in the mid to upper 60s with early lows around 42 to 48, cooler in the Allegany mountains and warmer near large water surfaces.
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Maryland
Delaware
Allegany Mountains
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Oregon
Judith
Amy
Mossadegh
New York
Iran
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West Va
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Korean Coast
State Hospital
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William Moreland
Timothy M. Gilmore
John Muir
Eckhart Mines
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