Explosion at Taneytown plant injures two men
Two Taneytown men Edward Sauble and Carl Ecker were hospitalized with first and second degree burns after a mysterious explosion at the Town and Country Gas Service plant on Littlestown road. Fire weakened walls of the one story concrete block building, investigators looked into possible gas fumes and a spark as causes. Local state police opened an inquiry as the firm planned to resume normal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taneytown
Town and Country Gas Service, Inc
Littlestown
Edward Sauble
Carl Ecker
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Taneytown Fire Company
James T. Hays
Emmitsburg
Hays
Sauble
Ecker
Jamey T. Hays
Paul Hahn
Magistrate Hears Accident Cases In City
Magistrate Wilbur F Sheffield found Hancock resident Charles F Efflan guilty of reckless driving after a Route 40 collision near South Mountain. Efflan fined 10 dollars. about 400 dollars damage to Samuel James of Hyde Pennsylvania car and 75 to Efflan’s vehicle. Some defendants were acquitted and several collateral forfeitures noted for license and speed violations. Sgt Richard E Stallings investigated both accidents and arrests were made by Sgt Stallings and Trooper James H Rouzee Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Sheffield
Charles F. Efflan
Hancock
Efflan
South Mountain
Samuel James
Hyde
James
Harry J. Kefauver
East Third Street
Lynn Aurandt
Waterside
East Patrick Street
Richard E. Stallings
Nolen c. Cassell
Daniels
Glenn
Huge Maryland food packing gives 38 mile train of cars
Maryland canneries pack about 15,000,000 cases of diverse foods annually. At 5,000 cases per carload, the shipment would require 3,000 rail cars, forming a 38 mile line from engine to caboose. The system enables national distribution with modern containers and canning, supporting about $75,000,000 in state income and focusing on seven major vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
H. E. Mich
American Can Company
Dr. Mich
Free State
Blood drive at Camp Detrick draws 282 donors
Camp Detrick field house hosts two day blood mobile event for the Armed Forces. Of 282 attendees, 248 qualified as donors, yielding 136 pints from 156 volunteers on the first day. Military personnel from Army Navy and Air Force participated alongside veterans and local workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Detrick Field House
Field House
Korea
Baltimore Mobile Armed Forces
Camp Detrick
Department of Defense
Lucile Caldwell
Red Cross Star
Baltimore
H. K. Ferguson Construction Co
Army
Navy
Air Force
Leonard §. Sutton
William P. Long
Clement R. Brooke
Caldwell
Elizabeth Wagoner
Frederick County
Red Cross
Oram €. Woolperit
M. T. Moree
J. L. Ivey, Jr
L. D. Father Hill
C. E. Brooke
K. L. Calder
RE. Lincolst
D. E. Falconer
J. Salyers
HM. A. Chichester
J. M. Paley
Joseph Victor
C. N. Fellows
B. C. McDonnell
Paul Willard
Richard Nal- Vin
Wiliam Storm
Joseph Stavely
Frances Petroit
Helen Johnson
Isabele Zimmerman
A. Talbott Brice
Paul Gordon
Osborne Price
C. B. Hood
Donald Muth
Thomas Summers
Grayson Stevens
Raymond Crum
Howard Finch
Charles Magaha
Honora Camp
Washington Men Face Car Stealing Charge
Two Washington men Raymond Prather and Edgar Maske agreed to waive extradition to the capital to face charges of stealing a car. They were arrested after asking for a room for the night and admitted taking the vehicle from Harry McCarthy at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington
Raymond
Prather
Street
Edgar Maske
52Nd Street
Harry McCarthy
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Charles Mades
Maryland State Police
Maske
Mades
Frederick County
Frederick
New Windsor Boy Wins Poultry Judging Event
John Arbough of New Windsor Carroll County won the Maryland State 4 H poultry judging contest at College Park and qualified with three others for the national meet in Cleveland next month. Reginald Aug, Germantown, finished second. Donald Smith Betlinger and Brodenah McCrossin Gaithersburg tied for third. Montgomery County teams won the team title. Vegetable judging went to Lewis Riley Parsonburg with Everett Hughes and William Edmonson also placing, all three earning spots for Cleveland. Wicomico County team also took team honors. Also reported a brush fire on the Gas House Pike. independent firemen fought a small blaze at about o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
John Arbough
New Windsor
Carroll County
Cleveland
Young Arbough
Maryland
Reginald Auig
Germantown
Donald Smith
Betlinger
Brodenah McCrossin
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Lewis Riley
Parsonburg
Wiecomico County
Everett Hughes
William Edmonson
Rising Sun
Cecil County
Wicomico County
Route 240 Routed in District of Columbia Plan
Maryland State Roads Commission sketches an approved plan to bring new Washington National Pike into DC. Phases relocate U S Route 240 from MD Route 118 to Seven Locks Road then to Wisconsin Avenue and East West Highway. Improvements extend to Wisconsin and Connecticut avenues and river road links to DC line with massachusetts avenue link and MacArthur Boulevard extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District OF Columbia
Maryland State Roads Commission
Washington National Pike
Frederick
Seven Locks Road
Montrose Road
Etter B
Wisconsin Avenue
Wisconsin
Connecticut
River Road
Pyle Road
Massachusets Avenue
Maryland
Massachugetty Avenue
MacArthur Boulevard
Wife Held Justified In Killing Husband
In Kentucky the Court of Appeals ruled Mary Miller Richie justified in killing her husband described as a coal miner and moonshiner. The court noted a drunken spree on Troublesome Creek with threats and abuse including firing a gun, chasing wife and child from the cabin and breaking dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Upj
Kentucky
Court of Appeals
Mary Miller Richié
Knolt County
Richie
Couple Acquitted On Charge Of Bookmaking
An Anne Arundel County couple had bookmaking and conspiracy charges dismissed in Baltimore Criminal Court after Judge Joseph Sherbow said there was no hysteria driving prosecutions. Alan H. Murrell argued the case, tied to a convicted gambler, Mrs. Laura Sexton, who aided the state. Sexton’s three month reformatory sentence was suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore Criminal Court
Joseph Sherbow
Sherbow
Alan H. Murrell
Wilbert Smith
Riverview Fond
Brooklyn Park
Murrell
Smiths
Laura Sexton
Suspend Three Internal Revenue Agents In N Y
Three New York IRS agents were suspended in a widening federal probe into Internal Revenue scandals. In the House Rep. Bakewell urged firing Attorney General McGrath, accusing him of attempting to impede the St. Louis phase of the investigation and diverting a grand jury. McGrath denied obstructing the inquiry.
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Washington
New York
Internal Revenue
McGrath
Rep. Bakewell
R-Mo
St. Louis
House
Truman
Bakewell
Administration of
James P. Finnegan
Two Guilty In Peoples Court. Suspended Sentences Given
Magister Reese Shoemaker Jr. presided last night as Lewis Monroe Hurst of Hillside Apartments was found guilty of disturbing the peace and received a 30 day suspended sentence. Mary Williams of 400 Middle Alley was guilty of assault and battery and also got 30 days suspended. Several defendants forfeited collateral for various traffic offenses. Draft test dates set for December 13, 1951, and April 24, 1952 near Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples’ Court
H. Reese Shoemaker
Lewis Monroe Hurst
Hillside Apartments
Hurst
Boost and
DeGrange
Mary Williams
Lulu Hall
E. A. Young
Pittsburgh
James E. Boone
Bartonsville
Charles G. Burgess
New Market
John C. Werner
Baltimore
Leesburg Pioneer Frank Littleton Found Dead in Washington
The former Oak Hill Estate owner Frank C. Littleton was found dead on his Washington apartment floor, reportedly dead about two days. A second paragraph notes that hamsters are small mammals used in laboratory research as members of the mouse family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Frank C. Littleton
Oak Hill
Washington
Nomination Of Jessup Passed
The Senate confirmed nine Truman nominees to the United Nations General Assembly but shelved the nomination of Ambassador at Large Philip C. Jessup. The nine include Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Warren R. Austin, with other delegates and alternates cleared. A subcommittee rejected Jessup 3-2, leaving no action as Congress nears adjournment and prompting discussion of a possible recess appointment. Jessup denied charges of following the Communist line and aiding U.S. policy toward China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Tonight
Truman
United Nations General Assembly
Philip C. Jessup
Jessup
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren R. Austin
UW. WN
Rep
Mansfield
D-Mont
Vorys
R-One
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Ernest M. Gross
Benjamin V. Cohen
Anna Lord Strauss
Channing H. Tobias
Senate
U. N. General Assembly
Paris
Sparkman
D-Ala
Acheson
U.S
China
Fluoridation Approved for Hagerstown Water
The Washington County Medical Society approved fluoridation of Hagerstown's water supply on October 19, signaling a move to improve dental health for residents. The decision reflects public health efforts endorsed by local medical professionals and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington County Medical Society
Halloween Pranksters Face Penalties in Juvenile Court
Hagerstown October 19 Juvenile court judge Evans Crossley warned he will impose half a day of hard labor on Halloween pranksters brought into court for destructive pranks. Fourteen teenage boys were assigned to work half a day for Millard Miller, a Washington County farmer, after tearing down and scattering his corn shocks across his field. If violators won t work, they can serve time in juvenile detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
P— Evans Crossley
Hallowe'en
Crossley
Millard Miller
Washington County
Miller
Magistrate vows to hold parents accountable for pranks
Police reported three complaints last night of prowlers piling leaves by houses and setting five of them on fire.
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Spa Pemhaphive
Detrick
Pike
State Roads Commission
Crickenberger
League of Maryland Sportsmen
Ernest A. Vaughn
Gare and Inland Fish Department
Clarence A. Cottam
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
R. W. Eschmeyer
Sports Fishing Institute
L. H. Crickenberger
Maryland State Grange
Glenn L. Martin
Westminster
McKeldin
GOP
Charles Carroll Hotel
John R. Reeves
Thomas B. R. Mudd
Stanley Scherr
N. Y
Maryland College
Selective Service Headquarters
Besits
Frockeckck
Ayrlawn Farm
Laytonsville
Alban Tractor Co., Inc
Baltimore, Maryland
Xmas Bicycles
Burall
C. C. Carty's
Monty
Markell & Ford
Superior Aceatee Ans Service Gas
Frederick Bottled Gas CO
N. Market Street
Hospital Awd
Muntz TV
TN Frederick
Jack Kennedy
E. Cline & Son
East Patrick St
Hospital Aid, Inc
The
Kehne Furniture Co
South Market St
Join “Hospital Aid, Inc
Hallowe’en
Delphey’s Sports Store
West Patrick St
Rother
South Market
MIB & Hezzie Klipp
E. Church St
Ox Fibre Brush Co
Bernie Sarena
Roy
Studebaker
Buick
Ford
Chevrolet
SM Cacy
MT. Airy
Frederick CO
William S. Hood
Hospital Aid
the Farmers & Mechanics
Frederick, Md
Bank OF Personal Service
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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