County Wide Fire Alarm Plan Offered
At the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association meeting at Graceham Moravian Church a county wide fire alarm system was proposed to start after the new year. W Bartgis Storm presided. a committee led by Clinton Hughes was formed to coordinate with the Maryland State Police. Irving W Johnson spoke on training, and resolutions honoring late president Robert A Bennett were adopted. About 75 attended. next meeting is January 18 in Frederick.
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Frederick County
Irving Plunkett
Frederick
Maryland
Middletown
Russell Green
Graceham Company
Textile Workers Back McKeldin For Governor
Cumberland, Oct 26. Local 1874 of the CIO Textile Workers Union of America announces endorsement of Theodore R. McKeldin, Republican governor candidate. The 4,500 member Western Maryland local also backs Senator Tydings and Representative Beall for re election in the Sixth District. Earl L. Snyder, president, cites studies by the local political action committee.
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Cumberland
CIO Textile Workers Union of America Tonight
Theodore BR. McKeldin
Maryland
Sen
Tydings
D-Md
Rep
Beall
Earl L. Snyder
Local
Political Action Committee
Army to start releasing mobilized Guardsmen next summer
Washington reports Secretary Pace said the Army expects to begin releasing mobilized National Guardsmen and reservists next summer with a possible completion before early 1952. He noted potential more American troops abroad but no plan to send National Guard units overseas. The Air Force will halt call ups of enlisted reserves immediately as the four services publish new recall and discharge guidelines under Defense Secretary Marshall's directive for an orderly reserve mobilization.
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Washington
Pace
Army
Europe
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Defense
Marshall
Three Car Wreck On Route 26 Near Eldersburg
A resident near Mt. Airy was injured and two cars severely damaged in a three car crash about 8:30 pm Thursday on Route 26 three miles west of Eldersburg. William R. Beck Jr., 23, at Frederick Memorial Hospital with a fractured left leg and facial lacerations. Edward Augusta Wright, Route 2, Sykesville, backed onto the highway and collided with Beck’s car. Wright’s car then struck Cramer T. Beard of Woodsboro’s vehicle, causing Wright’s to overturn. Beard and a female passenger uninjured. Trooper L E Porter Jr. said investigation continues and no charges yet filed.
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Mt. Airy
Eldersburg
William R. Beck, Jr
Frederick Memorial Hospital
C. M. Waltz
L. E Porter, Jr
Edward Augusta Wright
Sykesville
Beck
Wright
Rock
Raymond Wetzel
Porter
Cherchez la femme precept tied to crime say Britannica
A French phrase meaning look for the woman figures in many crimes. Britannica notes women often play indirect or direct roles in criminal cases. The idea frames investigations and social narratives across historical contexts.
Montgomery Countiaes Pay High State Tax
Montgomery county taxpayers pay the highest per capita share of state costs among Maryland counties. Finance director Alexander K. Hancock reports in a county booklet that the average Montgomery resident paid 4991 to the state in the year ending June 30, 1949, with income taxes leading at 1632. Other per capita payments included property, sales, gas, motor vehicle, and miscellaneous taxes. Total Montgomery outlay was 7,024,446 while state payments to Montgomery reached 2,928,565 plus 156,000 to towns. Baltimore taxpayers paid 50,099,428 to the state and received 27,071,343. Also noted: 30,000,000 of Britain’s 56,000,000 acres are used for farming.
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Rockville
Alexander K. Hancock
Montgomery County
Maryland
Othe
Baltimore City
Baltimore
Montgomery
Hancock
Pe ople s Court Cases Heard On Thursday
Thursday morning in the Peoples Court Magistrate Alton Bennett heard fines and costs for speeding, improper plates, no license, lights violations and related offenses. Multiple defendants from Frederick, Hagerstown, Williamsport and surrounding areas appeared as arresting troopers listed numerous collateral forfeitures and traffic violations.
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Ralph R Gouker
Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
Peoples Court
Donald A. Tucker
Daniel Q. Wims
Boyds
Grover M. Holler Jr
Edinburg
William A. Hopkins
Hagerstown
George E Goad
Williamsport
Oliver B. Driver
Mt. Airy
Samuel H. Gilbrud
Cumberland
Louis C. Jacobs
Knoxville
Carl B Smith
Jefferson
William Nelson
Cochocton Center
N. Y
Hester Richardson
Wamsville
Maynard J. Whitney
H P O'Brien
W. W. Corbin
Civinette Club Holds October Executive Meeting in Frederick
The Civinette Club of Frederick executive board met at Mrs Margaret Strawsburgs home on South Market Street to discuss plans for a maniac state fundraiser on November 8 and 9 and a card party on November 10. Refreshments followed as Mrs Straysburg hosted and chaired the monthly dinner meeting slated for November 7 at the Francis Scott Key hotel Blue and Grey room.
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Civinette Club
Frederick
Margaret Strawsburg
South Market Street
Stranyburg
Francis Scott Key
Accused of Assault Follows Shootings in Carroll County
William Edward Lewis, a colored man from Route 1 Sykesville, is jailed without bond on charges of assault with intent to kill and assault with a deadly weapon. James C. Cook, also from Sykesville, is in University Hospital with serious gunshot wounds to his right arm and shoulder. Police report Lewis shot Cook at Cook’s home after Cook sought treatment from an Eldersburg physician. A separate note mentions a Bikini lagoon fish becoming radioactive after the atomic blast and producing its own photo.
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William Edward Lewis
Sykesville
Carroll County
L E Porter, Jr
James Carcall Cook
University Hospital
Baltimore
Lewis
Cook
Eldersburg
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Homewood
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