Fined $250 After Fatal Accident in Maryland Court
David J. Cooper, colored Baltimore huckster, was fined $250 and costs in Peonles Court after being convicted of manslaughter by automobile in the death of Wilbur Sear, Sr. near New Market July 27. The magistrate suspended a one year term in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Cooper
Baltimore
Alton Y. Bennett
Wilbur Sear
Zanesville
New Market
House of Correction
Lioyd Seart, Sr
Searl
Cooper
Sears
Bruce Brachey
Trafic
Detroit
Alexander RL McCrae
Washington
Dudley G. Daniels
San Antonio
Tex
Julia Warner
Frederick
Nyhi G. H. Ramsburg
Austin G. Blank
Frank B. Engley
Detrick Field
James Booker
Belair
Decorsie Mullins
Alva T. Biddinger
Woodsboro
Sgt. W. W. Corbin
Snyder
C. D. McLane
Sell Two Properties At Auctions Held Today
Two Urbana district farms totaling about 324 acres sold at public sale at the Court House to Paul B. Rosencrantz Jr Bayard B. Rosencrantz Patricia Rosencrantz and Mary Rosencrantz for 12000 The properties lie along the road from Stone Barn to Greenfield Fiat Hill and include cows and horse barns and outbuildings The main dwelling burned years ago and was not rebuilt The sale was conducted by guardian S Moselie B Rosentrantz and Paul B Jr Barard B Rosencrantz with Manuel J Weinberg as attorney and Emmett R Howles as auctioneer A second sale in Shookstown brought two tracts totaling about 17 and 1/2 acres to G Wilson Mercer for 8100 The larger tract has a six room dwelling barn garage and orchard with about 1200 peach trees.
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Urbana
Court House
Paul B. Rosencrantz
Bayard B. Rosencrantz
Patricia Rosencrantz
Mary Rosencrantz
Stone Barn
Greenfield
Fiat Hill
S. Moselie B. Rosentrantz
Guardian
Paul B., Jr
Barard B. Rosencrantz
Manuel J. Weinberg
Emmett R. Howles
Shookstown
G. Wilson Mercer
W. Jerome Offutt
Alton Y. Bennett
Bowlus
Trains Crash Kills 28 in London Fog
In dense fog two commuter electric trains collided near South Croydon. At least 28 people died and more than 100 were injured as ambulances and fire crews rushed to the scene. Police note no local motive. the crash marks the year's fifth British rail disaster.
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London
Croydon
A. L. Hill
South Croydom
Doncaster
Tamworth
Coatbridge
Scotland
Gideal Park
Essex
Taft Announces 1948 Republican Presidential Bid
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio formally announced his candidacy for the 1948 Republican presidential nomination. He described the race as wide open and said he would limit personal campaigning after the Senate reconvenes. Taft named Rep. Clarence J. Brown as preconvention campaign manager and noted prior speaking engagements.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Fred H. Johnson
Ohio Republican State Committee
Committee
Senate
White House
Cincinnati
Commonwealth Club
Clarence J. Brown
Republican National
Deeds Recorded for Sales of Properties in Old Brick Dock Area
In the clerk’s office deeds record several property sales. Mary B Kiline widow of Ralph G Kiine sold about 10 acres and improvements at Old Brad dock to Ralph J Little and wife for about 14000. Hugh H McCormick sold residence on Frederick Middletown road at Old Brad dock to Carlton A Marvel and wife for about 12500. Edward S Mobley Jr sold a new residence on Military Road to I Jewell Beeson and wife for about 10500.
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Mary B.kiline
Ralph G. Kiine
Bas
Old Braddock
Ralph J. Little
Mrr
Hugh H. McCormick
Frederick Middletown Road
Mirs
Carlton A. Marvel
Consideration
Edward S. Mobley, Jr
Military Road
I. Jewell Beeson
Revenue total cited for first quarter of fiscal year
Comptroller James J. Lacy announced that $9,482,876 in general fund revenues was collected in the first three months of the fiscal year that began July 1. The record also notes historical counts of deep sea ships in 1708, with 194 ships at Boston and 124 at New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
James J. Lacy
Boston
New York
Russia Names Panyushkin Envoy To U S
Moscow radio said Nikolai V. Novikev was relieved as ambassador to the United States and Alexander S. Panyushkin would succeed him. Panyushkin, Order of Lenin holder, was Soviet ambassador to China from 1943 to 1945 and had been China envoy. Novikov had served as charge d affaires after Gromyko moved to the United Nations.
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London
Moscow Radio
Nikolai V. Novikev
United States
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Novikev
Washington
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Panyushkin
Soviet Union
China
Novikov
Gromyko
U. N. Post
Fire Food For Europe Fire For Europe
Debate over whether the United States can fund Marshall Plan aid to Europe heats up as unofficial comparisons assess requirements from the 16 nation European Economic Co operation report and the Krug administered National Resources study. The Krug view argues for full aid without straining U.S. resources, while the European needs check raises questions about four year costs and coal oil and wheat gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
United States
Europe
Committee On European Economic Co-operation
U.S
J. A. Krug
Krug
U. S
U_ S
Caribbean
Middle East
Indonesia
U_ 5
North Africa
WU. S
Halt Outside Burning Now Pleads From Frederick County Forest Supervisor
Frederick county residents were urged to stop all outdoor burning due to tinder dry woodlands. District Forest Supervisor Herman Toms said no burning, even brush near plowed fields, should occur until rain relieves conditions. A woodlands blaze near Reels Mill and Frederick Junction was controlled after six hours. a fire line held to about an acre and a half on John A. Markell’s land. A patrol remains at the scene to prevent new breaks as hunters anticipate seasonal limits.
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Frederick County
Herman Toms
Toms
Albany
Garrett
Reels Mill
Frederick Junction
John A. Markell
Ira Ausherman
Ausherman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Kieffer Inaugural At St. John's Saturday
Annapolis Oct 24 John S Kieffer 43 of Hagerstown will be inaugurated as litte president of St Johns College before representatives of 185 colleges universities learned societies and institutions of research as well as more than 300 alumni. Governor Lane will present Richard F Cleveland who will invest Kieffer. Cleveland is chairman of the St Johns Board. Kieffer has served on the faculty 18 years and helped organize the 100 great books plan used in the curriculum for 10 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
John S. Kieffer
Hagerstown
St. John’s College
Henry Pitney van Dusen
Union Theological Seminary of New York
Governor Lane
Richard F. Cleveland
Baltimore
St. John’s Board of Visitors
Cleveland
Kieffer
St John’s
Stringfellow Ban
Heavy Grain Selloff Hits Chicago Markets
Heavy selling swept the grain and cotton exchanges in response to President Truman's call for a special session to curb rising prices. Wheat, corn, and oats tumbled the limit as prices fell in the brisk trading on the Chicago Board of Trade with farmers and elevators offering more cash grain for shipment.
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Associated Press
Truman
Chicago Board of Trace
Chicago Board of Trade
Exchange Rules. Com
Cold weather operations planned in Atlantic drill
Washington reports a five thousand ton Midway aircraft carrier will join cruisers destroyers submarines and smaller craft in cold weather exercises from October 29 to November 26 in the Atlantic. George Payton, 24, Virginia state open golf champion, dies of severe brain injury and leg fracture from an October 9 auto crash. The United States is expected to import eighty thousand tons from Canada and one hundred thousand tons from Chile this year.
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Washington
Midway
Atlantic
George Preston
Chicago
George Payton
Truman May Seek Inflation Controls and Ration Powers
President Truman may ask Congress next month to restore time payment curbs and grant authority to ration grain and scarce materials for industry. He also may seek higher payments on speculative grain buying and possibly restore the wartime excess profits tax, though most advisers doubt a reimposition. The November 17 session will address inflation and high prices, with the Council of Economic Advisers to report on foreign aid’s inflationary impact and potential restoration of consumer credit controls.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Edwin G. Nourse
Nourse Council
Forty five degree temperature drop shocks city air
Weather records show a 45 degree fall from 87 to 42 in about 12 hours as northwest winds sweep in. Temperatures hover in the high forties early morning with gusty 20 mph winds and no reported damage. Forecasters expect mid sixties by afternoon and frost possible Saturday morning.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Frederick
British Rep Germany Urges Representative German Government
A House of Commons committee urged formation of a representative German government and a firm British stance on occupation length. The report says Germans should take complete responsibility for balancing their own economy as soon as possible. Stocks turn down in New York market with mixed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Baruch Says U S War Mobilization Was Scuttled
Washington October 24 Bernard M Baruch testified before the War Investigating committee that thousands of lives and billions of dollars were lost in World War II due to a flawed mobilization plan and repeated WW I errors. He urged immediate comprehensive price controls and warned of a warming cold war as the home front remains crucial.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Senate War Investigating Committee
Armed Services
Baruch
Pearl Harbor
War Industries Board
Roosevelt
Teachers Far Off On Answers In Denver Quiz
About 100 Denver teachers sampled by the Colorado Education Association for a history quiz averaged 67 on a 106-point test. Questions covered topics from the Monroe Doctrine to the Civil War, with many wrong answers such as Washington drafting the Declaration and Burr killing Lincoln.
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Denver
Colorado
Lincoln
U. S
Colorado Education Association
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
Aaron Burr
John Smith
Spain
Rocky Mountain News
Frederick county homemakers to attend state council meeting
Three Frederick County women will attend the all day meeting in Baltimore for the State of Homemakers Clubs and Council Presidents. Mrs Holter of Middletown chairs the clothing project. Mrs J Homer Remsberg of Middletown is membership chairwoman. Mrs Luther Remsberg, Frederick County Council president, will also attend. One highlight is a report by Mrs Earle Gosweiler of Aberdeen on the Amsterdam conference of the Associated Country Women of the World.
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Frederick County
Baltimore
State of Homemakers Clubs and Council
Holter
Middletown
J. Homer Remsberg
Luther Remsberg
Aberdeen
Amsterdam
Associated Country Women of the World
Maryland
Edwe
Cardinal Salotti Dies at 77 in Rome Prefecture of Rites
Cardinal Salotti, 77, prefect of the Congregation of Rites, died in Rome today. Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts launched a 60 ton ship in 1831 to trade with the Dutch on Long Island.
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Cardinal Salotii
Rome
Carlo Cardinal Salotti
Congregation of Rites
Winthrop
Massachusetts
Long Island
35 Taken Off Burning Ship Sparrow's Point
Thirty five crew members were rescued from two lifeboats by Coast Guard cutters Minnetonka and Colina after Sparrow's Point caught fire following a collision with Manx Fisher off Point Sur. Four crew members remained missing. The Manx Fisher sustained slight damage and continued to San Francisco.
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Monterey
Calif
Sparrow's Point
Coast Guard
Minnetonka
Colina
Richfield Oil Company
Manx Fisher
Point Sur
California
San Francisco
Magnolia
Taney
Sparrows Point
Los Angeles
Seattle
Tydings Reports U S Aid Program Strengthening Europe
Senator Millard E. Tydings returning from Europe says American aid up to now has strengthened democracy and deterred police states. He supports Truman’s call for a congressional special session and notes some general improvement, though Europe remains far from normal or healthy. He spoke after arriving with 9 385 passengers aboard the United States liner America.
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New York
Millard BE
Tydings
Europe
Trdmgs
Committed to School for Girls After Juvenile Court Hearing
Two Frederick twin sisters Marjorie Ann and Marie Burgee, both 33, were committed to Mortrose School for Girls after a Juvenile Court hearing before Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer. Testimony stated they were beyond parental control and out late on the streets dating several men. Officer Arnold Simmons testified they were found in a parked car with three young men at 5 a.m. Mrs. William C. Roderick, county probation officer, presented the case.
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Frederick
Marjorie Ann
Marie Burgee
Mortrose School For
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Arnold Simmons
William C. Roderick
Bar Harbor Fire Ravages Island Town and Surrounding Areas
A massive forest fire swept Mount Desert Island and neighboring communities killing at least nine, with Bar Harbor nearly destroyed. Evacuations by sea and land displaced thousands as bulldozers cleared paths for rescue convoys and Coast Guard craft aided the exodus.
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Bar Harbor
Americas
Mount Desert Island
Seth Libby
George C. Abbotts
Ellsworth
Andrew Walls
Wallis
Coast Guard
Abbott
Navy
Daniel McClay
Bangor Water- Works
McClay
Katherine Davis
Bicyclist and Auto collide injuring youth in Frederick
A 10 year old cyclist riding the wrong way on a one way street at East Third Street and Chapel Alley collided with a car driven by Roland Racey of Frederick. The boy, Robert Bliss, was taken to Frederick City Hospital with a bruised leg and released after treatment. Racey, a Frederick High School student, accompanied the youth to the hospital. investigator Allen Bartgis said no charges were filed.
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East Third Street
Chapel Aller
Robert E. Bliss
North Market Street
Chapel Alley
Miss
Frederick City Hospital
Roland G. Racey
Frederick
Third Street
Frederick High School
Racey
Allen Bartgis
Wheat Price Near Three Dollars At Farm Co op
Wheat futures edged toward three dollars a bushel as Farmers Co operative Association, Inc. reported a price of 2.90 dollars, up three cents in the last two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Co-operative Association, Inc
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Russia
Food For
District Forest Head
St. John’s
Canada
Chile
Germany
Council
New England
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