Woman Shot To Death In Centerville Killing
A rejected suitor Sterling Rice 32 of Libertytown shot and killed Dorothy Elnore Thompson 28 of Centerville in Route area near her home. Rice then shot himself but survived. he is under hospital care as authorities await outcome of his condition. Thompson family details and funeral plans listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Rice
Libertytown
Dorothy Elnore Thompson
Centerville
Rice
James Rouzee
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Kelsie Thompson
Kelsie Curtis
Thompson
Thompsons
Rouzee
Frederick
James W. Pryor
Monrovia
Walter E. Pryor
Camp Kilmer
William Pryor
Fort Riley
Kansas
Charles Pryor
New London
Mildred Foreman
Centerille
William Dorsey
Philadelphia
Walter Fossett
New Market
West All Saints Street
Dorsey Chapel
A. A. Thompson
Church
C. E. Hicks
Fall Consignment Sale of Holsteins Is Held
Fighty one head of registered dairy cattle brought a total of $32 560 at the Maryland Holstein Breeders Association fall sale at the Fair grounds last Friday. The average was 402 a head, $26 under 1952. Howard C Barker said good cows find ready buyers. Sixty animals were bought by Maryland dairymen, with others to Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania and Delaware. John Carvel Sutton sold the high cow for 1050 to Vincent Sutliff. The sale included purchasers from Maryland Delaware and West Virginia. University of Maryland paid 640 and Tull Brothers 650 for two heifers. Sam and Amos Combs of Lewisburg W Va were high buyers paying 2915 for seven head. Barker assisted by A Doty Remsberg near Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fighty
Maryland Holstein Breeders’ Association
Fairgrounds
Howard C. Barker
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
John Carvel Sutton
Betterton
Vincent E. Sutliff
Gaithersburg
Mr. Sutliff
McKendree Walker and Sons
Howard Wilkins
Milford
Del
University of Maryland
Tull Brothers
Sam
Amos Combs
Lewisburg
W. Va
Mr. Barker
A. Doty Remsberg
Jefferson
Profits Rise for U S Manufacturers in Q2 1953
The SEC reported that U S manufacturing firms posted after tax profits in the second quarter near three billion dollars, up 6 percent from Q1 and about 14 percent above Q2 1952. Factory sales reached a record 68.5 billion dollars, 27 billion more than the prior quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Security and Exchange Commission
SEC
U. S
26 Miners Killed in Belgian Gas Explosion
In Seraing Belgium Oct 25 company officials report 26 miners died yesterday when a gas explosion occurred 700 feet down in the Charbommages du Many coal mines. Of 44 trapped miners, 14 escaped death and 23 are hospitalized for burns. King Baudouin visited the mine area to pay tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seraing
Belgium
Charbommages
Baudouin
First Aid Classes To Begin On November 4
Red Cross will start first aid classes at the Red Cross Chapter House 5 W. Second on Wednesday November 4 at 7 30 p m. Charles Taylor says enrollment includes Camp Detrick personnel eager to learn new tourniquet frost bite and other updated techniques from army and public health doctors. The course is directed by Taylor and open to all ages with a qualifying corps to be called by Civil Defense in emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross Chapter
Charles Taylor
First Aid Committee
Camp Detrick
Army
Taylor
Office of Civil Defense
Compromise Tax Proposal Faces Bipartisan Hurdles
Washington reports indicate the Eisenhower administration and major business groups may back a 50 percent corporate tax rate next year to avert a fight with House Ways and Means Chair Daniel Reed. Stakeholders weigh two paths to a compromise as Congress eyes the January return and November 1954 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Daniel A. Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Treasury
Ways and Means
Reed
Reen
Richard M. Simpson
GOP
Congressional Campaign Committee
Pebble Beach
Calif
Business Advisory Counci
John D. Biggers
Biggers
Libbey-Ou‘ens-Ford Glass Co
Harrington Runs for Maryland Attorney General Nomination
Baltimore attorney Barton Harrington 36 announces for the Democratic nomination as Maryland attorney general. He mailed papers and fee to the Secretary of State after serving as speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and resigning before his term ended to become an assistant U.S. attorney. He later held an assistant attorney general post in the mid 1900s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrington
Baltimore
Maryland House of Delegates
TY. Barton Harrington
L. S
Geese Sightings Reported and Winter Cleaning Tips
Sunday report notes a flock of wild geese heading south for winter. Practical storage guidance suggests cleaning outdoor furniture with mild soap and scrubbing, then storing in a garage or basement to protect materials like wood, canvas, plastic, and webbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington Angleberger
Graceham
Jose
tAiwars Rine
Frederick Girl Wins Fight For Success From Wheel Chair
Dolores Shook, a cerebral palsy survivor since birth, has forged a remarkable path from a wheelchair to training in business and accounting. Despite never walking, she earned a high school diploma, completed a Woodrow Wilson technical program, and now seeks a first floor office job with elevator access, aided by a network of supporters and Vocational Rehabilitation services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Sullivan
Maryland Board of Education
Woodrow Wilson Technical School
Fisherville
Woodrow Wilson
Dolores Shook
Dolores
Connie Boswell
Jane Froman
William C. Hill
Department of Education
Leora Shook
Kiwanis Club
Service Club
Kernan’s Hospital
Shook
W. V. Garrett
Good Shepherd School
Allentown
Pattern Of Kindness Advice From Dr Davies Speaks To Town Forum
Dr Davies, pastor of Washington All Souls Unitarian Church, outlined a concrete set of rules to improve human behavior emphasizing self analysis and daily kindness. He urged seeing others from their perspective to foster understanding, warned against blaming parents, and urged lifelong cultivation of emotion and imagination to achieve harmony and inner growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Powell Davies
Davies
Washington All Souls’ Unitarian
Hood College
Panel program honors U.N. observance at Hood
A Hood campus panel on United Nations week brought together local citizens and Hood students in Brodbeck Hall. Participants included Miss Mary Storm, Mrs. Joseph Vona, Lloyd Hoover, Donald Koons, Dr. Clara Mec Mahon, Elvira Davis, Joyce Parker, Nessa Brickman, Margaret White, Ann Pattison Casey, and moderator David Munsell. Mayor Rice opened with a brief address before screening This Is The Challenge, then panelists discussed U.N. duties and agencies followed by a Q&A session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Brodbeck Hall
United Nations
Mary Storm
Joseph Vona
Girl Scout Council
Lloyd Hoover
Donald Koons
Frederick High School
James McSherry
Frederick
Clara Mec Mahon
Education Department
Elvira Davis
New York
N. Y
Joyce Parker
Cleveland
Nessa Brickman
Elkins Park
Margaret White
Washington
Ann Pattison Casey
Holyoke
Mass
David Munsell
U. N. Day
Donald B. Rice
U. N
Six Die in Mountain Cabin Fire in Richlands
In Richlands Virginia a mother Mildred Osborne 41 and five of her children aged 22, 15, 9, 6, and 11 months died in a fast burning two story log cabin near Stony Ridge as their father Babe Harrison Osborne 51 battled a forest fire four miles away. Two sons ages 11 and 13 escaped and later treated for minor burns. The cabin could not be reached by vehicle and rescue crews cooled ashes to recover the bodies as cause remains undetermined. Neighbors distant. survivors with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richlands
Here
J. C. Wilson
Tazewell County
Mildred Osborne
Vicey
James
Clyde
Franklin
Brenda
Sherman
Harley
Babe Harrison Osborne
Wilson
Stony Ridge
Cedar Bluff
McAuliffe and Partner Win 975 on TV Quiz Show
Paul W. McAuliffe, manager of the Francis Scott Key Hotel, and his Midwest fire chief partner won a total of 975 dollars on Herb Shriner's TV program after answering questions about the hotel and fashion. They explained the hotel has 200 rooms and joked about modernity and amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. McAuliffe
Francis Scott Key
Herb Shriner
Midwest
Herb
Mr. Mcauliffe
Frederick Man
New York City
Sec
Alarm Response Douses Leaf Fire At Shade Haines Lawn
Mt Airy Volunteer Fire Department used a booster stream to extinguish a blaze among dry leaves on the lawn of Shade Haines on Park Avenue. The incident occurred around 8:40 Monday night and the nearby house owned by Carl Dotson was not endangered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Airy
Mathieson Firm Operates Large Plant In Virginia
A Roanoke Times overview of Mathieson Chemical Corporation’s Saltville plant in Virginia and its Baltimore negotiations to run Camp Detrick programs. The piece notes 1,500 local employees, a $5 million annual payroll, and W. Worthy’s account of English heritage, worker welfare initiatives, stock purchase plans, and multiple plants nationwide including Maryland Alabama Louisiana Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathieson Firm
Virginia
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Saltville
Dick Sutherland
Roanoke Times
Baltimore
Army
Camp Detrick
Sutherland
R. B. Worthy
Industrial Chemicals
Detrick
Thomas S. Nichols
North Fork
Holston River
Mathieson
Neil Mathieson
Worthy
Maryland
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
12 Injured In Accident At Frederick Memorial Hospital Scene
Violence and accidents caused one fatality and 12 treated with eight hospitalized over the weekend at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Dorothy Elnore Thompson, 28, of Centerville, was shot dead Saturday evening. Suspect Sterling Rice, 32, of Libertytown, in fair condition from gunshot wounds to face and throat. Rice required tracheotomy and jaw treatment after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Elnore Thompson
Centerville
Sterling Rice
Libertytown
Rice
Gregory Ahalt
Middletown
Paul Romsburg
West
Patrick Street
William Ale
Hyattsville
Frederick
James Creager
Chestnut Farms Dairy
Battle Field
Maryland State Police
Mt. Airy
Hyattstown
Damascus
Charles Garber
Betty Miner
Westminster
John Ball
Rockville
George Harris
Hamsville
Louise Thompson
Sjamsville
Dom Spencer
Morning auto crash at Fort George Meade injures sergeant
Early morning collision brings in Sgt. Charles Leeby and Mr. Airy at Fort George Meade. Leeby suffers brush burns on his left leg head and neck injuries and is discharged from hospital after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Leeby
Airy
Ft. George Meade
Maryland War of 1812 Society elects Kolb president
S. Denmead Kolb of Salisbury real estate and insurance broker and statewide veteran leader was elected president of the Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland at the annual meeting in Baltimore's Southern Hotel. He succeeds John A Pentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Denmead Kolb
Frederick
Herbert Lee Trueheart
Marshall
Thomas A. Whenan
C. Elliott Baldwin
Thomas W. Meade
Daniel E. Shehan
Henry Powell Hopkins, Jr
Charles E. Rieman
Thomas S. George
John L. Bordley
Henry Powell Hopkins, Sr
J. William Middendorf
Charge Filed After Two Autoists Injured
Charles M Garver 19 of Mt Airy Route 2 is charged with reckless driving after a Saturday night Woodbine crash that injured Garver and 17 year old Betty Miner of Smallwood near Westminster. Miner suffered a fractured jaw and extensive injuries while Garver had lacerations and a hip injury. Five teens escaped injury as Garver’s De Soto struck a bank and broke a power pole. Miner was ejected from the car. Damage to the Garver owned vehicle is about $200. Garver’s hearing at Westminster is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Garver
Woodbine
Garber
Betty Miner
Smallwood
Westminster
Frank Badger
Frederick Memorial Hospital
DeSoto
Two Killed In Wreck On U.S. Rt. 40
John Louis Glatzel and his wife Mamie J. Glatzel, both Baltimore residents, were killed when their 1950 Ford sedan left State Route 40 east of Ridgeville, rolled over, and threw them from the vehicle. Both died of fractured skulls. they were en route to Baltimore and pronounced dead at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The driver, an engraver for local papers, may have suffered a medical or physical issue before the crash, with the exact cause under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davies
Dickens
Scrooge
Baltimore
Ridgeville
John Louis Glatzel
West Lanvale Street
Mamie J. Glatzel
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Mt. Airy
Frederick County
Glatzel
Baltimore News-Post
Sunday American
Frank Badger
Howard County
Official Visit By Rebekah Assembly Leader Highlights Lodge Meeting
A high level official visit from the president of the Rebekah Assembly of Maryland marked a Friday gathering of Samaritan Rebekah Lodge No 51 with Frances Smith presiding. Visitors included state and local officers and members from Oak Grove Dorsey Manchester Bethlehem and Bona Vista lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Assembly of Maryland
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge
No. 51
Frances Smith
Noble Grand
Mildred Powell
Addie Brodsky
Irene Maugans
Susie Bennett
Margaret Preston
Geneva Spicer
Guardian
Nettie C. Collins
Celeste F. Brown
Emma Grove
Samaritan Lodge
S. Elmer Brown
Maurice Ramsburg
Grand Loge of
Maryland
Mae Miller
Oak Grove
Margaret Jones
Dorsey
Manchester
Bethlehem
Bona Vista
Dorsey Lodge
Helen Wachter
Frederick City Lodge
Letitia Staley
Former tax official Maurice F. O'Brien ends life in car
In Walden New York Maurice F O'Brien former head of the Troy internal revenue office who was convicted last week in a tax extortion ring shot himself in a car in front of his sister in law's home His wife witnessed the act The federal trial in New York found O'Brien and three former assistants guilty of conspiracy to shake down taxpayers in income tax settlements A fifth defendant was acquitted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walden
N. Y
Maurice F. O'Brien
Troy
Internal ‘Revenue Office
O'Brien
George Krum
Federal Court
New York
New Weekly Out Silver Spring
A new weekly newspaper the Maryland Press debuts in Montgomery County on Friday October 25 with initial distribution of 10000 in the Silver Spring area. George Papanicolas is president and publisher, a Washington attorney and active County Republican, with Robert Jerome Smith as associate publisher and general manager. The Record in Bethesda and the Rockville Times have been leased to the Montgomery County Publishing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW
Silver Spring
Maryland Press
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Publishing Company
George Papanicolas
Washington
Robert Jerome Smith
Smith Newspapers, Inc
The
Record
Bethesda
Rockville
City Police Report Arrests for Intoxication This Weekend
Several arrests were docketed Saturday by city police. Henry L. Gray of Lime Kiln, charged with intoxication by Officers Trump and Brown, held under $25.80 for a hearing. Howard C. Layton of Frederick, charged with intoxication and writtering by Sgt. Quin, held under $30 and summoned to hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Thompson
Old Offender
Phobus
Huddleson
Jesse T. Fisher
Bender
Joseph E. Brooks
West Patrick Street
Bare
James F. Wilkinson
Frederick
Cer Brown
Henry L. Gray
Trump_ and Brown
Howard C. Layton
Quin
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Frederick Girl
Wheel Chair
U.N
Board of Parole and Probation
James M. Hepbrow
Robert E. Engie
Roger E. Engie
Yellow Springs
Helen V. Schultz
Tau
Beta Alpha Psi
Engie
Society of War of 1812
Ruby Hahn
Democratic Women's Club
Western Maryland
United Democratic Women's Clubs of
Wiliam McPherson McGill
Thurmont
Frederick Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Nora
Fane King
E. J. Fisher
Elizabeth Kail
Hale
Aber- Inetes
U.S
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