Wrist Watch Case Before Local Jury
A jury in Augusta was asked to decide if a wrist watch was torn from a white man by a Negro in an armed robbery or a drunken affray on East street. The case involves Schley and Tom s, with testimony about a watch theft, alleged threats, and an arrest. The prosecution centers on armed robbery, while the defense argues drunken affray.
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East
Augusta
Toms
Sehley
Schiex
East Street
Sixth Street
Schley
Ben Phodus
Brough
C. Clifton
Wirts
Murray Fort
Edwin FL NI
Patrick MM. Schnauffer
LeRoy C. Horine
Samuel C. Fogle
William J. Boteler
Estelie Mariz
H. Stanley Davis, Sr
M S. Pryor
Norman G. Stevens
Robert G. Wright
Ada Smith
Anne E. Orendorff
Mae D. Gross
Charles G. Lee
Lee
Sirk
Wilbur Fr
John W. Graves
Baltimore
Desree
Manford AM. Colvin
House of Correction
Manuel M. Weinberg
Colvin
Carroll L. Burzmer
W. Il Ofuit
Hospital Managers In Monthly Meeting
October meeting of the Frederick Memorial Hospital Board of Managers approved a resignation and welcomed new member Abs. William D. Powell. Garden proceeds reached 438.14, books audited clean, water coolers reconditioned, porches redecorated. September activity: 476 treated, 389 admitted, 411 discharged, 87 remained, 80 births, 13 deaths.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Georgienna Houck
Grayson E. Bowers
Frederick Frost Fails to Reach Mid Thirties Forecast Says Frost Danger Over
Frost around Frederick failed to drop into the mid thirties as temperatures held around 40. The Weather Bureau warns frost danger over for several days with sunny skies and a minimum near 40 tonight. Forecaster predicts a warmer Thursday and Friday with continued mild, sunny weather.
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Frederick
Annual Past Commanders Night at Francis Scott Key Post
Francis Scott Key Post No 11 American Legion marked its annual Past Commanders Night with Robert E. Clapp presiding and W. St Ray Spurrier honored for his service. The event featured tributes to 29 past commanders, unit greetings from Auxiliary officers, and plans for community and youth initiatives. A stint of military and civic praise followed with donations to Community Chest and aMiss Semper Fidelis contestant program for November.
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American Legion
Legion
Robert E. Clapp
W. St Ray Spurrier
Spurrier
Tut
Niam A. Storm
William Storm
G. Hunter Bowers
D. Ralph Zimmerman
G. Ernest Guy Anders
Wilbur W. Baker
E. Gilbert
Clifford Yinger
Lawrence Willard
Thomas E. Williams, Sr
W. MM. Ray Spurrier
Ir ‘Landauer
Charles 5S
Houck, Jr
F. Lest Smith
Berhebus
The
Aux
Cornelia Rodock
Millie Fisher
Madeline Gilbert
40Dred Kolliger
Amanda Burall
Nell Fanrner
Katherine Srull
Serjeant of
Dalue Crawford
Grace Brooker
Gilbert
Burall
Kottmrer
Shangri-La
Marine Corps
Focal Armory
G. Homer Bowers
Winchester Hall
Company A. National Guard
Company A
Mmi
Congra
Ray Spurrier
State Armory
Legion and
John Derr
Death Valley
Battery A
101St
Bingo parties barred at country clubs in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Commissioners barred bingo parties at country clubs stating they constitute gambling. They denied Bethesda Country Club’s permit for November 5. Attorney F Barnard Welsh said the law allows bingo only for sponsoring charitable or civic groups or by fire departments.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Bethesda Country Club
F. Barnard Welsh
Sewer work to begin in northwest city area
City Engineer W Ray mond Walter said the installation of sanitary sewers will start tomorrow. The contract is held by W F Wilson and Sons Company of Brookeville and will extend along several roads in the Wilson avenue area.
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W Raymond Walter
W F. Wilson and Sons Company
Brookeville
Wilson Avenue
Democrats Gain in City Registration Figures
City registration shows Democrats at 6 550 and Republicans at 4 673 with 17 unaffiliated, 61 independent, two Prohibitionists and one Socialist. No Progressive party voters recorded. County books lagged, about half returned with incomplete totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Election Supervisors
Progressive Party
Henry Wallaee
Union
Dem
Frederick Frederick
Leaders Bible Class Banquet Attracts 250 Attendees
Approximately 250 men and women members and guests attended the Leaders Bible Class annual banquet at Calvary Methodist Church. The program featured a dinner at 6 30, singing of America, invoca tion by Rev J F Haas, addresses by Dr Raymond E Wilhelm and C Albert Gilson, violin numbers by James Etchison, and a vocal trio.
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Hell of Calvary Methodist Church
America
J. F. Haas
E. Bryan Rice
Ches. V. Main
James Etchison
C. Albert Gilson
P. Luther Rice
Edith Wickham
B. A. H Brust
C. A. Gilson
Vishinsky Accused Of Distortion In UN Debates
Paris October 13 A U S delegation spokesman accused Vyshinsky of distorting figures in the UN disarmament debate. The American said much of the budget percentage cited funds pensions back to the Civil War veterans benefits relief projects and interest on debt and on Russia’s lend‑lease balance to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
United Nations
Rusr
Andrei Y. Vish
Vishinsky
International Refuge Organization
International Children’s Emergency Fund
Russia
United Sates
Trials Of Dealing With The Soviets
Washington reports on attempts to collect royalties from Soviet lend lease patents and the conflict over payments. Eight U.S. companies hold patent rights linked to refinery equipment used by the Russians, with disputed 18 month royalties and court actions ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Lend-Lease Actz Refore
Lend-Lease Administration
U. S
Court of Claims
United States
Universal Oil Products Co
Chicago
Texas Cement Corp
New York
Max B. Miller
York
International Catalytic Oil Process Co
Akviation
Moudry Process Corp
Wadelphia
Stratford Development Corpsas City
Los Angeles
Girdler Corporation
Louisville
Court Files Opinion In Charter Case
The Court of Appeals ruled the Montgomery county charter not to be altered by a 1915 constitutional amendment. The decision upholds that budget, appropriation, and tax levy are not legislation and would not restrict county duties. Chief Judge Ogle Marbury authored the 2 page opinion, denying the county court order striking a charter section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Montgomery County
High Court
Ogle Marbury
Marbury
State funds urged to expand tuberculosis treatment
Montgomery county delegation backs state aid for expanding TB facilities in Maryland. Meeting with the county TB association revealed a need for about 2,000 more beds as Maryland reportedly has the fifth highest TB death rate in the nation.
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Silver Spring
Maryland
Montgomery County
General Assembly
Tuberculosis Association
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Fined Under Old Law
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad paid $2 600 in fines after violating an old law requiring notification to freight shipment consignees of goods arrival in rail yards. The railroad pleaded no contest before Judge Walter J Casey in a Municipal Court yesterday.
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Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Walter J. Casey
Negro Druggist Murdered in Capital During Robbery
In Washington a 53 year old Negro druggist Nathaniel Johnson was shot by a Black gunman during an attempted holdup at his store. A customer present reported the shooter fired as Johnson approached a cash register to make change. Johnson died of his wounds.
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Washington
Nathaniel Johnson
Pin-Point Target Letters City Loneliness Abroad
London reader asks to be matched with a U S young lady aged 16 to 20 for pen pals. He plans months of bed rest and chose the town by a pin on a map. Signed F Bond via Chingford England to Mayor Lloyd Culler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd C. Culler
London
Weil
F Bond
Lawrence Hill
Chingford
England
Congregation Plans One Day Build Of New Bethesda Church
Bethesda church project aims to raise a stone and stucco structure seating about 90, near the old Little Church in the Wildwood. Rev. Dr. Claude A. Brubaker said several hundred members and friends will work sunrise to sunset to complete the ambitious gift to God. The date is to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethesda
Bount Zion Baptist Congressation
Claude A. Brubaker
Wildwood
Brubaker
Headquarters To Be France Set for Western Defense HQ
A British source says the Western alliance will place its defense headquarters in France for an integrated joint command. Viscount Montgomery will be permanent military chairman with Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny commanding land forces and Air Chief Marshal Sir James Robb leading air forces. The five nations are Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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London
Western European Alliance
France
Charles de Gaulle
West
Viscount Montgomery
Jean de Laitre de Tassigny
James Robb
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Maryland ends season with crop and weather report
Final weekly Maryland crop and weather bulletin for the season notes corn harvesting near completion, severe corn borer damage in North Central Maryland, high moisture on the Eastern Shore, barley planting and germination, progressing wheat seeding, and generally good pastures and fruit outlook as harvest concludes.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Weather Bureau
University of Maryland Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Delmar Peninsula
Autumn colors brighten Maryland state parks
State parks in Maryland show peak fall colors with black gums and dogwoods first, followed by maples and ashes, then oaks. Parks remain open for day use and picnics under the State Forests and Parks Department, with Director Joseph F. Kaylor noting pleasant travel and rewarding woodland beauty for visiting families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Department of State Forests and Parks
Joseph F. Kaylor
Togliatti Threatens A Revolt In Italy
Rome reports Palmiro Togliatti the Communist leader warned in the Chamber of Deputies that revolt can break out at any time. He urged a new interior minister and a government based on the laboring masses, noting July 14 could recur at any moment after the earlier shooting and resulting general strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tkialy
Palmiro Togliatti
National iv
Prices received by Maryland farmers fall slightly
The Maryland Crop Reporting Service reports the index of prices received by Maryland farmers dropped one point for the 30 days ending Sept. 15 and is seven points lower than a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
National Referendum on Big Issues Advocated in Ferguson Book
The piece discusses author Charles W. Ferguson proposing a national referendum to let the people vote on major questions. He argues Congress cannot directly reflect mass opinion and critiques lobbying while praising polls as preliminary indicators. Ferguson doubts the public would be well informed enough to vote wisely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Charles W. Ferguson
Associated Press
New York
Ferguson
Dinner Meeting Of Zonta Club In Frederick
The Frederick Zonta Club held its regular weekly dinner meeting at a city hotel dining room Monday evening. Miss Evelyn Kefauver, the club delegate to the District Zonta convention in Philadelphia, read her report on Zonta in the Community, the same report she presented at the convention.
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Frederick Zonta Club
Arsident
Evelyn Kefauver
Philadelphia
U S Communists Present Tokuda with New Suit
Tokyo observers note Communist Ryuichi Tokuda arrived at the Diet in a fresh double breasted suit admired by members. Asked if the suit came from the Soviet Union, he replied with a blush that he received it from friends in the United States.
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Tokyo
Ryuichi Tokuda
Tokuda
The
Soviet Union
United States
Fifth Column Sabotaging Recovery Debate on Arms Control
The report notes Sir Hartley Shawcross addressing the Senate committee of the United Nations about Russia’s one third armament reduction proposal. He accuses Moscow of saboteur aims through propaganda and detente attempts while warning Britain will not appease on atomic energy talks. The piece mentions Berlin blockade talks, Security Council efforts, and expected Russian replies to end the blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
Russia
Hartley
Andrei
Virhin
Europe
Sir Hart-ley
Berlin
Kremlin
Security Council
Juan A. Bramuglia
France Opens War On Food Speculators
France declares wartime measures against food profiteers as prosecutions intensify. Public prosecutors receive orders to pursue profiteers, while a 24 hour dockworkers strike threatens to cripple Port operations amid a wave of labor action blamed on Communist groups. In Anne Arundel Circuit Court, Asbury Lowman and Walter Robbins face assault charges with sentences of 21 and 12 months respectively. Rufus Edwards noted as a companion in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Andre Marie
Communist International Information Bureau
French Communist Party
Anne Arundel
W Bartgis
Frederick Bank
Asbury Lowman
Walter J. Robbins
Lowman
Robbins
Horse of Correction
Storm
Rufus B. Edwards
Hagerstown
Corn loan rate set for Maryland farmers
A corn loan rate of 1.59 per bushel was set for Maryland farmers with prices around 1.59. Joseph H. Blandford, chairman of the Maryland committee of the Production and Marketing Administration, said loans could be provided immediately instead of December 1. Details available at county AAA offices. An appeal to the Circuit Court has been filed by American Stores Company and American Mutual Insur ance Company against David G. Conner from a State Industrial Accident Commission award. Robert E. Clapp Jr. is local attorney for the appellants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Committee of the Production
Marin Adminion
American Stores Company
Em Yr
American Mutual Liosurance Company
David G. Conner
State Industrial Accident Commission
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
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Spap
Francis Scott Key Post
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington Correspondent
READS
Jo E Etchison
Frederick High School
Association of
Jirs. Louise M. Heaps
Highland High School
Kiss Etchison
Athens
BBC
Kenneth Taithews
Peloponnesus
Montecrniy Board of Education
Jared
Togliatti
Italy
Zonta Club
Hhohive
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