Chest Drive Progress Report as Community Chest Near Goal
About 56 000 toward a 32 000 goal has been raised in all groups except the general canvass. The Chest headquarters report shows roughly 19 percent of the goal. the general canvass starts Tuesday with a luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel and 150 women aiding. The outlying section led by Mrs. E D McCain finished its $360 quota with 415 raised. contributions support eight organizations including the Salvation Army Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chest
Robert L. Smith
E. D. McCain
McCain
Francis Scott Key
Drunken and reckless driving lands Silcox in jail
Kermit Templeton Silcox of Pleasant, cited by State Police Captain Charles Magaha, pleaded guilty to drunken driving and reckless driving after allegedly speeding on the wrong side of North Market Street. Magistrate H Reese Shoemaker Jr. ordered 10 days in jail in default of a $25 fine for reckless driving and 60 days in default of a $150 fine for DUI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pleasant
North Market Street
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples 'Court
Kermit Templeton
Magaha
Market Street
Shoemaker
Tehran Removes Churchill Signs After Tory Victory
About 500 demonstrators in Tehran tore down Avenue Churchill signs shouting down with Churchill as news of Britain's Tory win spread. Police reportedly replaced signs with Mossadegh markers and blamed vandalism on the Tudeh party while Mosaddegh tours Washington to discuss the oil nationalization dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Churchill
Winston
Britain
Roosevelt
Stalin
Plight of Tax Protest Spars Lady Godiva Plan
In Sacramento a housewife vows to protest high taxes by mimicking Lady Godiva but her husband warns she will wear clothes. The couple argues the stunt could draw attention to public hardship and boost attendance at an upcoming Sacramento horsemen show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Lady Godiva
Heritt
Harry Knoll
Jerry Coburn
Coventry
England
Sacramento Dies Horsemen’s Association
Weather Delays A-Weapon Test Rescheduling
Stymied by weather conditions the Atomic Energy Commission today delayed the rescheduling of a small A weapon test run. Stocks low in spirits as corporate earnings cutbacks become apparent in third quarter reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
New York
U S And State Join In Study Of Hepatitis Outbreak Here
U S Public Health Service and Maryland Health Department physicians visit Frederick to confer with county health officer Dr Forbes Burgess about recently diagnosed hepatitis cases. Thirteen local cases this fall. no fatalities. Outbreak suspected to spread via respiratory or fecal routes, though method unconfirmed. Statewide cases rise from 50 to 350 since January 1951, but reporting not mandatory. Local doctors continue patient treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Public Health Service
Maryland Department of Health
Frederick
Forbes Burgess
Burgess
Valentine Admits Guilt in Hit Run Fined 200
Nathan Luther Valentine 39 Thurmont mechanic pleaded guilty to a hit and run causing a fatality in the death of Ernest Raymond Powell 71. Magistrate Charles Gillelan imposed a 206 dollar fine and costs, suspended six month Maryland House of Correction sentence. Powell died two hours after being struck on Route 15 near Camp Cozy Thurmont. State Troopers Bond and Brown investigated. testimony and photos presented. two character witnesses testified for Valentine.
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Nathan Luther Valentine
Thurmont
Ernest Raymond Powell
Emmitsburg
Charles Gillelan
Maryland House of Correction
Valentine
Powell
Route 15
Camp Cozy
Frederick Memorial Hospital
L. R. Waesche
Lewistown
Creagerstown
Kenneth Bond
H. J. Brown
Lee Weddle
Carroll Shorb
Charles A. Price
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. Clarence W. Lantz Jr. and spouse sold to Clarence G. West a parcel on Frederick Harpers Ferry road for about 11500. John H. Cablentz sold to Roland R. Bowers a home on Walnut Street Linden Hills for about 8000. Beils sold to Charles H. Grossnickle a 1 1/4 acre tract northeast of Wolfsville for about 6000. Keenys sold to William E. Fox at 246 East Seventh Street for about 34500. A lease between Nicodemus estate administrator and Chesapeake and Potomac TelephoneCo of Baltimore for a Walkersville brick building is filed for 10 years from December 1, 1953 at 240 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Lantz, Jr
Clarence G. West
Frederick-Harpers Ferry
John H. Cablentz
Roland R. Bowers
Walnut Street
Linden Hills
Charles E. Beil
Beatrice V. Beil
Charles H. Grossnickle
Wolfsville
Foxvile Road
Morris E. Keeny
Elmer H. Keeny
William E. Fox
East Seventh Street
John V. Nicodemus
John D. Nicodemus
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Frederick Street
Walkersville
Six Years For Slaying Her Husband
Shirley Meekschurg, 22, mother of two, is sentenced to six years for shooting her husband George Schurg, 27, after he came home late. Associate Judge Morgan C. Harris noted the jury could have found murder but opted for manslaughter, hinting at a hidden motive. Schurg died four days after being shot at the couple’s Hoffman home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Shirley Meekschurg
Morgan C. Harris
Harris
Schurg
George Schurg
Hoffman
Miners Hospital
Frostburg
Band Leader Served With Summons Here
Band leader Charlie Spivak is sued for 20000 dollars in Circuit Court by Gaithersburg Businessmen's Association over a May 3 engagement at the Agricultural Center Auditorium. The suit claims payment due, advertising costs, ticket revenue loss, and reputational damage after Spivak allegedly refused toappear despite a 15 piece orchestra and tickets sold to about 3000 attendees. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Charles K. Davies Jr. and Robert Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Spivak
Gaithersburg
Montgomery County
Gaithersburg Businessmen's Association
L. Zito
Spivak
Sheriff's Office
Spival
Camp Derrick
Kenneth Barncord
Zito
Agricultural Center
Charles K. Davies, Jr
Robert Myers
Haines Residence Sells for 15000 in Equity Sale
Equity proceedings halted one property of the late Mrs. Annie Haines, then sold for 15000 to Millard A. Haines and wife. The adjoining 133 West Fourth Street home was withdrawn awaiting court resolution. Frank Dorsey and wife claim they were promised the lot for favors. executor Benjamin L. Shuff must show cause by November 5. Auctioneer A Grant Hooper and attorney William M. Storm noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Haines
Court House
West Fourth and
Bentz Streets
Haines
Millard A. Haines
West Fourth Street
Frank K. Dorsey
Sales Tax Agent Held In Baltimore Bribe Case
An agent of the state sales tax division charged with demanding and accepting a $100 bribe was to be given a preliminary hearing today in police court. Detectives arrested Evenger G. Tribble, 31, of Baltimore, outside a tavern with Morris Polt, described as a freelance merchandise salesman who faced no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Sales Tax Division
Evenger G. Tribble
Morris Polt
Polt
Civil rights letter sent with payment to clerk
Wichita Falls Texas October 27 county clerk Dora Davis opened a letter from Arkansas. The writer, a woman, offered to buy civil rights and enclosed 140 dollars for cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
Dora Davis
Arkansas
United Nations Jets Damaged Eight Red MIGs in Korea Sky Battle
Eight Russian-made MIGs were damaged in a major air clash over northwest Korea as UN jets engaged the Communist fighters attempting to disrupt a rail and bridge strike. Allied pilots gained an edge in numbers, with 112 Allied jets and eight B 29s facing 105 MiGs over Sinanju. Ground fighting focused on a key hill southeast of Kumsong as night assaults were repelled on the eastern and western fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Northwest
Kumsong
Sinanju
Red
Yanggu
Eighth Army
Doctor Who Was Robbed Found Dead
NORTH READING MASS OCT 27 wPi Dr Albert Coyner missing Nahant heart specialist was found dead in his car in a wooded area after a robbery ten days earlier. He disappeared after dismissing his secretary and nurse and saying he would be unavailable. The home was ransacked October 17. a baby sitter 15 year old cared for the son. Three teen girls were arrested in New York after a spree. they admitted taking money and spent 3000 on clothes with the rest lost to three sharpies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Reading
Mass
Albert Cowner
Nahant
New York
Fifth Avenue
Roberta McCauley
Eileen Jeffrey
Marilyn Curry
UN Rejects Red Buffer Line Demands In Korea
MUNSAN Korea Oct 27 The United Nations declared the Communist armistice buffer zone proposal cannot be considered further and that refinements are possible only within the present battlefront line The UN spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols said the buffer is a hard won protection for U N troops and rejected a Communist pullback of up to 15 miles as leaving UN forces exposed Subcommittees met three and a half hours without tangible progress to propose new cease-fire lines for tomorrow gun line talks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
United Nations
U. N
U.N
William P. Nuckols
Panmunjom
North Korea
Nuckols
Henry I. Hodes
US WN
Two See Worsening Relations With Reds
In Hot Springs Virginia two top officials forecast tougher times ahead with Soviet Russia and strain on the U.S. economy. Secretary Pace warned of growing international tension nearing a boiling point as U S military power expands. Secretary Sawyer expected a substantial but not drastic cutback in civilian goods output starting January 1 with shortages easing later in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Russia
Frank Pace
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Business Advisory Council
Pace
United States
North Atlantic
Free World
Collins Arrives in Tokyo for Korean War Talks
Gen. F. Lawton Collins U S Army Chief of Staff arrives in Tokyo for conferences on progress of the Korean War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Tokyo
F. Lawton Collins
U. S. Army
Gambling Comes Under New Federal Control November
The 1951 Revenue Act takes effect November 1, imposing a 10 percent excise tax on wagers and a $50 annual occupational tax on gamblers. Principals, book makers, numbers and punch board operators, lottery and pool operators must keep daily records and file monthly returns. Local authorities in Frederick welcome tighter rules to curb illegal gambling, noting a shift toward federal enforcement and public opinion pressure. The Internal Revenue Bureau has a racket squad handling gambling cases within the Baltimore district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Luck
George Haiferbert
Internal Revenue
District of Maryland
Hofferbert
Maryland
Frederick
Nefauver
Internal Revenue Bureau
Frederick County
Baltimore Ofce
Truman Faults Inflation Controls and Capehart Clause
President Truman said inflation curbs via Congress tools are not sufficient and pledged to do his best with the existing measures. He attacked the Capehart amendment for allowing ceiling price increases tied to costs, spoke at Samuel Gompers Square dedication near AFL headquarters, lauding Gompers and warning against efforts to weaken labor laws or fragment organized labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Samuel Gompers
Capehart
R-Ind
Massachusetts Avenue
AFL
American Federation of Labor
Gomphers Square
Franklin D.roosevelt
Gompers
APU
Ifzy
Tobin
Interior
Chapman
Woman Testifies Mate Beat Her Ten Times
A Brunswick woman testified in court that her husband beat her at least ten times since marriage, breaking both sides of her nose and tearing ligaments in a hip. She said he once struck her with an exploding electric light bulb, leaving her treated for glass in the head, and she was granted an absolute divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Smith
Brunswick
William Satterfield Smith
Washington County
Richard E. Zimmerman
E. Austin James
Nancy Lee Zittle
East South Street
Richard Elmer Zittle
Sherman P. Bowers
Walks In Door Greeted With Bottle In Face
Fred Brown, colored, of Klinchart's Alley, told police early today that someone hit him in the face with a bottle as he opened Roger Smith's door on West All Saints street last night around eight. He went to Frederick Memorial Hospital at 2 15 this morning for treatment. injuries were not serious. He could not identify the assailant. Sergt. Ralph Potts investigated. Brown returned home, to seek further treatment today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Brown
Klinchart's Alley
Giy
Roger Smith
West All Saints Street
Brown
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Ralph Potts
Time To Mail Korean Christmas Packages Urgent Reminder
Washington October 27 The Post Office Department issued an urgent reminder to mail Korean Christmas packages for next week due to heavy mail volume into the Far East. November 1 is the deadline to ensure delivery by December 25 to American troops fighting in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Korea
Yugoslavia To Get Heavy U.S. Weapons
The United States reportedly agreed to send modern heavy weapons to Yugoslavia amid Balkan tensions. A military supply pact may be signed in Belgrade within days, enabling a U S military mission and access to tanks and artillery as part of Europe aid funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Russia
Remaining Counts Are Quashed
Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer granted a defense motion to quash the remaining counts of the indictment against Roger Lindsay former local beer distributor for Shipley Bottling Works after a consent petition by State's Attorney Charles U W Price. Lindsay was acquitted on one count of embezzlement. the defense argued double jeopardy and the state offered that the second verdict should control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M Schnauffer
Roger Lindsay
Shipley Bottling Works
Charles UW. Price
Lindsay
Edwin F. Nikirk
Price
Churchill Names Eden Foreign Head
Winston Churchill announced Anthony Eden would become Foreign Minister and leader of the House of Commons while Churchill kept the Defense Ministry. The cabinet includes Lord Woolton, Butler, Lyttelton, Monckton, Maxwell Fyfe, the Marquess of Salisbury, and Ismay. Other ministers to follow as Buckingham Palace approved and Attlee resigned. Aimed at facing trade deficits, Communist threats, and empire cohesion, the new government begins with a slim Commons majority. Special police guarded Churchill’s Hyde Park Gate home as he met advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Churchill
Lord Woolton
Council
Richard Austen Butler
Oliver Lyttelton
Walter Monckton
David Maxwell Fyfe
Marquess of Salisbury
Privy Seal
House of Lords
Lord Ismay
Eden
Foreign Office
Ismay
Manckton
Privy Council
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Hyde Park Gate
Sir David
Maxwell Fyfe
Conservative Party
Downing Street
George
Britain
Attlee
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U. S
State
Detrick
Reds
U.S
Marshal Tito
Kremilin
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Tito
Kremlin
Europe
Defense Department
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