City Board Sets Loading Zone Rules for Downtown Parking
The Board of Aldermen approved a policy for downtown parking including ten minute limits in loading zones for passenger cars and twenty minutes for trucks. New zones were set on East Patrick Street, South Market Street, and Court Street in front of the News-Post. Officers will tag violators and consider crippled drivers case by case. The city plans an ordinance and traffic signal timing review with Camp Meade authorities.
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Board of Aldermen
Haseen
Donald B. Rice
Patrick Reet
Market Street
Fiddle Alley
South Market Street
Allaints Street
Campetrick
Seotth Street
Military Road
Truman Names Grove Postmaster in Frederick Maryland
President Truman sent to the Senate the nomination of Ames A. Grove to be postmaster at Frederick Maryland. Grove has served as acting postmaster since the start of the year and would replace the retired G R Motter.
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Washington
Truman
Ames A. Grove
Frederick
G. K. Motter
Grove
Martinsburg Woman Stella Lightner Dies at 68
Martinsburg West Virginia death report for Stella Lightner aged 68 who died at home after a long illness. She was active in civic affairs and business and served as secretary treasurer of Isedale cemetery founded by her husband. She taught school in Maryland before marrying John Lightner in 1908 and is survived by her husband a daughter and her brother Clinton R Smith of Iyerstown Maryland.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Stella Daleghtner
Vion Bridge
Carroll County
John Lightner
Clinton R. Smith
Iyerstown
Mad
Roads To Carry Defense Traffic
Washington area civil defense signs on major highways warn that for emergencies roads will reroute to civil defense use. Placards stand at District of Columbia line on Georgia Ave Wis by the Marlboro Pike and Hampshire Ave Extended with education campaign in place for about one to two weeks.
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Washington
Maryland
Civil Defense Ornization
District of Co
Crane Tears Power Line Knocks Out Frederick Power
A crane moving into a Biggs avenue project at Rosemont avenue knocked down a 4 000 volt distribution line, cutting power to about 1,000 Potomac Edison customers in Frederick for 42 minutes. The incident occurred around 7 10 a m and resumed at 7 52 a m. Contractor Earl H. Cline was identified with the Biggs avenue clearing and grading contract.
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Biggs Avenue
Rosemont Avenue
Tate
Frederick
Potomac Edison
Earl H. Cline
Red Cross Bloodmobile Here Monday
Frederick Chapter of the American Red Cross announces a Baltimore bloodmobile visit at Calvary Methodist Church on Monday with donations from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. Blood collected will serve military needs and possibly future local use. Appointment calls welcome. names may be added to a donor file with permission.
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Frederick
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Baltimore
Calvary Methodist Church
Frederick County
Brunswick
Meyer Kaplan
Nelson Strathern
Paul L. Willard
R. C
Gordon L. Todd
Joseph Turner
Ransom R. Lewis
Henry Davis
Charles W. Magaha
Lamonte Tucker
Roy Gosnell
Jack Haller
Raymond Crum
Henry R. Shoemaker
Talbot Brice
C. B. Hood
E. Muth
Alexander Lewis
R. Ames Hendrickson
Irving Landauer
G. Harris Stauffer
Motor Corps
William M. Storm
Helen Eader Johnson
Robert E. Clapp, Jr
William A. Thomas, Jr
C. S. V. Lanner
Horace Kline
Isabelle Zimmerman
Emmett Bowlus
Manuel Weinberg
Benjamin Rosenstock
NATO Deputies Meet To Boost Western Europe Rearmament
Ottawa reports a NATO deputy meeting chaired by Ambassador Spofford to finalize a report on joint defense problems aimed at strengthening the economic base of Western Europe's rearmament. The NATO council will open a week of sessions led by Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Van Zeeland.
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Ottawa
Europe
North Atlantic Alliance
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Charles M. Spofford
United States
Paul van Zeeland
Bids Sought for Rt 40 Resurfacing from New Market to Monroe
The State Roads Commission will soon open bids for resurfacing a 5.9 mile stretch of Route 40 from New Market to Monroe Street in Frederick with a bituminous surface. The project aligns with plans for a Baltimore highway extension from Ridgeville to Frederick, possibly using part of the old road. Contractors are near ready to start resurfacing from the Catoctin Club area west to beyond Clifton, with large fills continuing near Braddock Mountain though paving may take months.
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State Roads Commission
New Market
Monroe Street
Frederick
Commission
Baltimore
Ridgeville
Catoctin Club
Braddock Mountain
Catoctin Country Club
Clifton
Local Youth Faces Charges in Multiple Thefts
John Peamroy about 18 faces four counts of grand larceny two counts of petty larceny and one count of breaking and entering filed in Circuit Court. Information cites July 18 26 and 30 thefts involving beer wheels tires hub caps motor oil and other items with values from 5 to 133 dollars. Bonded on release and residing on New Design Road the youth is linked to several juveniles in the incidents. John B R Fitzpatrick represents Peamroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peamroy
Charles A. Price
Peomroy
New Design
Peamroy
Duquesne
Frank Erwin
Ernest E. Shank
C. A. Stine
Abraham H. Derr
Leslie Kefauver
Monocacy Motors, Inc
Cadillac
Bruce Brachey
John BR. Fitzpatrick
Feamroy
Mistaken Identity on 25th Street Ends in Confusion Over Tim Murray Death
New York residents mourn Tim Murray as a man found on a street is mistaken for him by his sister Agnes Lindberg. A wake at the Lindberg home sparked calls and a mistaken identity scene as authorities seek identification of the deceased.
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New York
25Th Street
First Avenue
Tim Murray
Agnes Lindberg
Tim
Lindberg
French Oppose Immediate German Recruiting for Europe Army
Paris reports the French Foreign Ministry says German conscripts will be recruited only after a European army framework exists. It denies Figaro’s claim that Robert Schuman approved immediate German contingents under Atlantic defense. The U S and Britain back a European army to resolve German contributions, while France fears public reaction ahead of local elections.
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Paris
Foreign Ministry
Figaro
Robert Schuman
Atlantic Organization
U. S
Britain
Pean
Rock Fight Breaks Out In Berlin
West and East Berlin police clashed with rock throwing demonstrators on the border between Wedding and east Berlin. The scenes followed anti-Communist demonstrations as barricades and signs proliferated, with vandalism at a Communist party office and Polish mission offices painted.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Communist Party
Stalin
East Zone
Eastwest
Clean Sports Group Formed
Washington reports the White House backs a new national sports committee led by Attorney General McGrath to curb fixation and underworld gambling in athletics. President Truman urged federal action and promised support to keep sports integrity intact amid college basketball fix scandals.
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Washington
Truman
White House
McGrath
Underworld
Armistice Talks Still In Deadlock In Korea
In Tokyo on September 14 the Korean armistice talks remained ruptured for the 23rd day as the U N Command and the Communists awaited replies to their latest notes. The Allied board seeks a Red reaction to the U N apology for the Kaesong conference site strafing and the Reds reject Ridgway's proposal to move truce talks to another location. Ridgway's HQ disclosed the Communist high command refused to meet in a new place.
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Tokyo
U. N. Command
Allied Board of Strategy
Red
U.N
Kaesong
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Communist High Command
Forced WWII POWs From Kiev Describe Soviet Labor Camps
Two fifteen prisoners of war arrived in Mainz Germany reporting they were forced to work on farms and in factories at a Kiev camp. They described deplorable Renations and harsh conditions in the Soviet labor system.
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Mainz
Germany
Kiev
Frederick County School Attendance Drops Over 20 Years
Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt notes current enrollment 10,349 compares to 10,586 twenty years ago, with white students rising from 9,651 to 10,001 while colored enrollment falls from 935 to 348. He cites regular attendance now and migration from closed four room Knoxville school to Brunswick and reduced crowding in Brunswick centers.
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Frederick County
Eugene W. Pruitt
Pruitt
Frederick
Knoxville
Brunswick
Corbin Crowned Sesquicentennial Queen at Charles Town
Mrs Corbin Queen of Sesquicentennial in Jefferson County popularity contest. She won by 80000 votes over 26 nominees. Carrie Lee Strider runner up, former sheriff candidate. Corbin to be crowned at each pageant performance at Charles Town race track with Gov Patteson presiding Wednesday night.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Louise Corbin
Jefferson County
Carrie Lee ‘Strider
Corbin
Stanley Steamer Leads in Big Automobile Race
Buffalo reporters note the 1913 Stanley Steamer driven by Jack Brause leads the Chicago to New York race as he nears Syracuse in a downpour. His 70-year-old rival Rube De Launty follows in a 1911 Stoddard-Dayton with both men tied to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and Popular Mechanics sponsorship.
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Buffalo
Jack Brause
Rube de Launty
Brause
de Launty
New York
Syracuse
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Museum and
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Boyle Helped Get RFC Loan Faces Senate Questions
A diary-keeping witness testified that William M. Boyle Jr helped arrange an RFC loan for a St. Louis printing firm in 1949 after prior rejections. The witness, John M. Toole of American Litherary, described a February 28 meeting at Boyle's office with Finnegan and others and a call to RFC director Harley Hise. Hise and Dunham denied pressuring for the loan and said they did not recall Boyle's involvement.
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Washington
Willian M. Boyle, Jr
Rfc Jr
St. Louis
John &. Toole
American Litheford Corporation
Senate
Boyle
Reconstruction’ Finance Corporation
Democratic Nationals
Toole
Subcommittee
Harley Hise
Walter L. Dunham
RFC
American Litherala
Democratic National
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
R. J Blaunder
Cecil Green
Hise
Jim Finnegan
Mundt
R-Sd
Dunham
Yoshida Rules Out Japanese Rearmament After Pact
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida told the Japanese people he would refuse to rearm after the U S Japan security pact takes effect. Observers foresee Yoshida possibly resigning to make way for Ichiro Hatoyama amid postwar policy shifts.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Yoshida
San Francisco
Associated Press
Ichiro Hatoyama
Liberal Party
Italy Moves Toward Diplomatic Break with Czechoslovakia
Italy announced it was recalling its consul general from Bratislava and ordered Czechoslovakia to close its Milan consulate by tomorrow as tensions between Rome and Prague escalated toward an outright split.
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Rome
Ialy
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Ministry
Italy
Bratislava
Milan
Marshall’s Career Highlights and Washington Scorn
The piece reviews General George C. Marshall’s half century of service as Secretary of State and Defense and notes how he faced intense criticism, including Senator McCarthy’s charges. It contrasts his career with peers Acheson, Johnson, and Forrestal, whose own battles with criticism and tragedy shaped public perception of high office.
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James Marlow Washington
George C. Marshall
Defense
Bean Acheson
Louis Johnson
James Forrestal
Marshall
Achexon
Truman
Johnson
Acheson
China
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
State Department
Congress
Forrestal
Wall Street
Woman Juror Fears Trigger Court Mistrial in Assault Case
A Durhan woman juror feared being locked up and said she did not like to be locked in. The juror, one of four women on the panel, knocked on the door after the jury had sheltered for 90 minutes. The judge declared a mistrial.
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Dedham
Mass
Pia
Sarah D. Regan
James J. Winter
Boston
Allen G. Buttrick
Red Tanks Spotted On Korean Front
United Nations forces battled to seize ridges and a towering mountain in eastern Korea near Yangeu as Red T-34 tanks and self-propelled guns were spotted west of Yonchon. Allied air and ground units swarmed enemy positions while a Marine Corsair was downed. The push aimed to gain favorable terrain and support stalled cease-fire talks at Kaesong.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Yangeu
Yonchon
U. N
Marine Corsair
Fifth Air Force
U. S
Seoul
Chorwon
Kaesong
Dewey urged to specify on Far East defense plan
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the 1944 Republican nominee, pressed for stronger Pacific defenses and closer political and military alliances in Southeast Asia. Senator Bricker of Ohio urged Dewey to be more definite after Dewey backed a European defense program and stated support for Eisenhower for 1952.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New Yorker
Pacific
Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Dewey
Far East
Truman
Europe
Southeast Asia
New York
Capitol
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tax delinquents settle bills during moratorium period
Annapolis reports increased tax collection as 30 day moratorium on prose cutting evaders continues. From 20 to 25 delinquents visit the Baltimore office daily to settle accounts and replies to delinquency notices have doubled in Annapolis. Meanwhile Sugar Ray Robinson’s foe Randy Turpin faces heavy inland revenue taxes on his $207,076 purse, reduced to about $37,000 after the tax formula.
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Annapolis
Comptroller's
J. Millard Tawes
Benjamin Marsh
Baltimore
Marsh
London
Randy Turpin
Sugar Ray Robinson
New York
Polo Grounds
Commissioners of Inland Revenue
Mr. Bloodsucker
Randy
Five Day Maryland Delaware Forecast With Rain and Warm Trend
A five day outlook for Maryland and Delaware calls for occasional rain or showers and cooler readings with rain ending first in the western mountains Saturday morning and in eastern areas by Saturday night. Sunday turns fair and cool, followed by a warmer trend Monday and Tuesday with renewed rain about Tuesday and cooler conditions Wednesday. Average temperatures run about 3 to 4 degrees above normal. normals are 75 to 80 for afternoon highs and upper forties to around 60 for early lows.
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Maryland
Delaware
Delmar Peninsula
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Clean Sports Group
Mrs. Corbin
Stanley Steamer
Says Boyle
Roscoe Drummond
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