Beating of Libertytown Man Hailed Brutal Crime
Walter Pittinger an elderly Libertytown resident was knocked by two masked men on Wednesday night, beaten for hours, and left for dead at his Ale farm home. He was found by his brother and rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital with a broken nose, fractured jaw, and other injuries as investigators guard the house and seek suspects.
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Walter Pittinger
Bear Libertytown
Ale Farm
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Jesse ‘Mittinger
Libertytown
Fittinger
Pittinger
Guy Anders
Det
Seratt
Cassidy
Charles W. Magaha
Magaha
Anders
W W. Corbin
W W. Corbin of the State Police
Nikirk
Temperature Window Cuts Factory Accidents Says Britannica
Britannica reports accidents in factories drop when indoor temps stay between 67 and 70 degrees. The finding highlights thermal comfort as a risk-management factor for workplace safety and productivity.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Veterans Administration seeks guardian for two minors
The Veterans Administration filed in Orphans Court to appoint a guardian for Barbara J Valentine aged nine and Robert Nathan Valentine aged seven, children of Francis E Valentine, a World War II veteran, so $41 monthly benefits can be paid. The court ordered their mother Viola F Long to show cause by September 13 and scheduled a hearing for next Wednesday at 10 a.m. Preceding payments require guardian qualification, with VA attorneys noting Long has not acted to appoint one despite multiple letters.
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Veterans Administration
Orphans’ Court
Therm
Viola Long
Rocky Ridge
Barbara J
Robert Nathan Valentine
Francis E. Valentine
John Baylor
Wilbur F. Coyle, Jr
Baltimore
Viola F. Long
Barbara J. Valentine
Francis K. Valentine
Mrs. Long
Slashed Off Leg With Axe To Rescue Man
Port Orford Oregon Sept 7 a logger slashed off his employer Gordon Johnston s leg with a woodsman s axe to free him from a burning tractor. Johnston died later from burns and shock after pleading to be cut free as flames swept the slope. Arlo Gore performed the amputation to save his life.
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Port Orford
Qre
Arlo Gore
Gordon Johnston
Gold Beach
Johnston
Gore
Former Marine Recounts Frederick Visit and Medal Wives Tale
A former Marine who marched through Frederick in 1922 en route to Gettysburg recalls meeting his future wife Miss Netlie Shipley here. He, Michael H. Tierney, now a Chicago streetcar conductor and Marine recruiter, visits during the Marine Corps League convention, cites his late wife, and notes two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients among his recruits. He credits his service with recruiting 800 men in World War II and plans more enlistments since the Korean War. He also reflects on his courtship, marriage in 1923, and his wife’s burial at Mt. Olivet. He attends the convention as a Chicago delegate while staying at Hotel Frederick.
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Frederick
Gettysburg
Niles
Truman
Marine Corps League
Washington
Michael H. Tierney
League
Chicago
Arca
Marine Corps
Tierney
Netlie Shipley
Harry F. Shipley
Mt. Olivet
Dave
City Employes Get Wage Hike
The mayor and aldermen approved a general wage increase for city employees effective September 1 including a five percent raise for salaried staff and a five cent hourly wage hike. The ordinance was unanimously approved and outlines department heads subject to board confirmation, with regular city council sessions to streamline administration.
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Elmer F. Man
Munshower
Eugene W. Pruitt
Church Street
Edward D. Storm
Merle Leather
Mr. Leather
South Market Street
Mt. Olivet Boulevard
Charles P
North End delegation seeks park and street improvements
Staley Park improvement requests include flood relief hard-surface courts, a stone walk east of the recreation building, a stop sign at Motter avenue and Tenth street, extra lights and dust control, and knoll reduction on Motter avenue. Mayor Munshower policy keeps these under advisement for future meetings.
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Staley
Glenn Sbteh
James A. Grove
Edward J. Daugherty
North End
Staley Park
Motter Avenue
Tenth = street
Munshower
Rosenour
Tragedy as truck carries 80 children off embankment
In Udine Italy a runaway truck and trailer veered off a mountain road sending 80 children aged six to twelve to the mountainside. Fourteen were killed and 56 injured, including several in critical condition. Brakes failed on the downhill grade during a trip to a summer camp.
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Udine
Italy
Here
Contract Awarded for Washington National Pike Section
W E Graham and Sons of Cleveland North Carolina have won a bid of 1 237 274 to construct a 2 6 mile section of the Washington National Pike including an elaborate traffic interchange at Urbana and about 2 5 miles of service reads in connection with the interchange system.
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W. E. Graham and Sons
Cleveland
N. C
Washington National Pike
Ur Bana
U N Backs U S In Korea Security Council Rejects Call
In Lake Success on September 7 the United Nations Security Council refused to condemn American bombing in Korea and declined to intervene to halt U S air attacks in the North. Soviet delegate Malik alone supported the proposal to find the U S guilty of war law violations and to order an end to bombing populated areas.
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Gross
United States
Malik
Korea
U. S
Malik Votes Against Manchurian Inquiry
The council split 8 to 1 with Malik opposing moving the Manchuria bombing charge ahead. India and Egypt abstained as the United States admitted a plane may have strafed a Manchuria airfield by mistake and proposed India and Sweden join a two nation inquiry. Gross pressed to pursue the Manchurian case over a Chinese charge that the U S fleet invaded China.
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Yugoslavia
Malik
Hed
China
U. S
Manchuria
Gross
Strait of
Formosa
India
Egypt
United States
Sweden
North Koreans Claim 15176 Americans Die In Korea War
North Korean broadcasts via Moscow radio claimed in two months of fighting in Korea that 13176 American officers and men were killed and 1736 captured, with 48 wounded. The U.S. Defense Department in Washington reported 8863 American casualties to next of kin through September 1, including 590 killed in action, 5466 wounded with 83 dead since, and 2898 missing. The note also mentions Colorado as the highest state by average altitude, at 6800 feet, with Wyoming nearby.
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London
Rept
Korea
Moscow
Defense Department
Washington
Department
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