Hagerstown Men Post Bond Here Indictments Returned
Four indictments charging two Hagerstown men with securing thousands from banks and loan agencies by false pretense were returned by the September 1 grand jury. Ward R. Poe and Fred Henry Wishard were named. Poe released on $5,000 bond, Wishard on $2,000. Investigators stated the sum involved runs into the many thousands with fake automobile titles cited as a method. The case, investigated by State's Attorney Edwin F. Nirlk and Detective Sergeant Charles V. Main, followed arrests in Hagerstown Monday. A separate arrest was made for statutory rape with jail pending.
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Hagerstown
Ward R. Poe
Poe
Fred Henry Wishard
Wishard
Il Ma
Edwin F. Ni Irk
Charles V. Main
Charles L. Runkles
Airy
Route 1
Mortay
Sherif Agustiz
Murray
Budget group mulls 1949 Chest demands for seven agencies
The Chest budget committee met Monday at 4 PM in the C A to review 1949 requests from seven agencies including the Children's Aid Society Secret Service Exchange Salvation Army Federated Charities MC A Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Additional sessions will refine items to align with community needs before the executive committee sets the annual fundraising goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Budget Committee
Elmer L Eshleman
Children’s Aid Society
Secret Service Exchange
Salvation Army
Federated A Charities
MC. A
Boys Scouts
Girl Scouts
Zee
Mr. Eshipare
Frank M. Dertzbeugh
Frank D. Worthington
Katherine Asmas
Hai
O.schroeder
Ison
W. Baecmy
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In Brack Heights
Deeds recorded in the county office show Bruce Remsiburg sold a residence on Inner Street at Brack Heights to Mr and Mrs C Dean for about 310000. Elmer E Weterman sold a property on West South Street to Mr and Mrs John W Thomas for about 5500. Market note mentions rail and oil stocks gaining on Sept 23 with mixed action after yesterday’s large drop.
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S. of
Sev Evel Proverties
Bruce
Remsiburg
Brackk Heights
Red C. Dean
Meredith van R. Staab
Isecond
Bradhis Sarage
Elmer E. Weterman
Fir
John W. Thomas
West South Street
Soviets Say UN May Soon Be Divided
Moscow reports claim two UN camps may separate, with Bevin’s General Assembly speech seen as paving the way for a world body split. Tass and press commentaries accuse the West of trying to wedge the UN and stress disarmament and Palestine disputes as Soviet positions.
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Moscow
United Nations
Ernest Be
USN
General Assembly
Paris
U.N
Berlin
U. N. Security Council
Bevin
United States
Britain
U. A
Assembly
Tass
Vishinsky
Palestine
Folke
Bermadotte
Butter Prices Hit New Low At Wholesale On Trade Floor
Chicago September 28 butter slumped to its lowest wholesale level since June 23, 1947. Top grades brought 62 1/4 cents per pound on the Mercantile Exchange floor, matching the 15 month low. Prices run 10 to 15 cents lower than the February–March commodity break, amid rising margarine competition and bumper oil crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Inactive National Guard To Be Revived
Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer announced the National Guard will be revived soon. The inactive guard will provide a reserve of men able to enter active service without delay in mobilization. He noted 317,000 guardsmen as of June 30 and said four months of intensive training would be needed for top units to be fully effective.
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St. Louis
Kenneth F. Cramer
National Guard Bureau
National Guard
Cramer
The
National Guard Association
Witich
September Rain Predicted Tonight by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau forecast the first rainfall in a week for tonight and Wednesday to raise September precipitation, far below normal. Fishing Creek reservoir sits three feet ten inches below full, with millions of gallons lost. Temperatures will stay steady, cooler than yesterday’s 78 daytime high and warmer than last night’s 40 low.
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Weather Bureau
Fishing Creek Reservoir
Libertytown to vote on incorporating in October
Libertytown residents will vote October 11 from 7 to 9 pm at the M P church hall on whether to incorporate for the first time. A recent Civic Club meeting estimated city hall needs and potential state revenue and set a possible annual budget around 22 000 to 23 000 dollars with a 10 cent tax rate based on a 173 610 dollar assessable basis.
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Libertytown
M. P
Theertytown High School
Edward D. Storm
Women’s Club
Indiv Uals
Iomm
Libertytown iCivic Club
R. Harold Wright
Richard Sappington
Duval Scheadner
Fred Ward
Paul Stitely
Clarence Myers
Straffjord
Grab
Fred Hemp
Francis Sappington
Butter Price In Baltimore Sees Decline To 77 Cents
In Baltimore on Sept 28 butter fell two cents at most stores to 77 cents a pound, seven cents below last week while wholesale price stood at 72 cents, down two from yesterday amid market movement in New York and Chicago. Retailers report no rush to buy the new lower price. A small baby squirrel wandered into the Peoples Court room at the Court House Monday, scampered about the floor, and left through a south doorway as Clerk George Z Best watched.
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Baltimore
Sept
New York
Chicago
Peoples
Court House
George Z. Best
Mr. Best
Register to vote in Frederick County today and next Tuesday
Voters may register today before 9 p.m. and again next Tuesday October to be eligible for the November presidential election. The article notes two fall dates for registration in Frederick County and emphasizes eligibility requirements.
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Frederick County
Middletown School Plans Are Ordered
Middletown Board of Education authorized preliminary architectural plans for a possible new Middletown High School. No county commission commitment. plans aim to estimate cost. Lions Club dinner meeting drew about 100, with Middletown and surrounding areas represented.
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Board of Education
Middletown High School
Middletown
Health Department
Middlestown High
Noah E. Kefauver, Jr
Lions Club
Edward F. Holter
Friendly Circle
Lutheran Sunday School
Rattlesnake Bites Man near Seneca Creek
Francis Hunter of Washington was severely bitten by a rattlesnake on Sunday while walking near Seneca creek in Montgomery County. He walked over two miles to his cottage for aid, then was taken to the Naval Medical Center Bethesda by Sherman Biddinger. At the hospital he received serum and doctors, including Dr. William M. Mann and Waller Reed Hospital staff, reported a good chance of recovery though his condition remained critical. Iron cups were used to draw venom from the bites on his leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Hunter
Washington
Seneca Creek
Montagmery County
Hunter
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Sherman Biddinger
Naval Hospital
Medical Center
William M. Mann
Washington Zoo
Waller Reed Hospital
Russian Currency Slips in Berlin After Talks
Berliners show waning faith in cast marks issued by Soviet authorities as four power talks on the Berlin blockade sour relations. Ostmarks continue to decline in value. observers note no one expected parity with the Deutsche mark despite communist leanings. Black market quotations mirror the unsettled political climate through the past week.
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Berlin
Wallace Says Northern Money Blamed for Egg Throwing
Dallas Sept 28 Henry Wallace campaigned for Texas votes and blamed northern money for the egg throwing and anti reaction in the south, signaling political friction over regional influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Henry Wallace
Texas
South
7000 Acres of Corn Aerially Sprayed in County Campaign
About 7000 acres of field and sugar corn in Frederick County were air sprayed this summer to counteract Japanese beetle and corn borer. The beetle borer control committee directed the effort with weather aiding results, yielding the best sugar corn in years and promising good field corn. The program included parasites, spore dust, roadside spraying, ground spraying, and public education. Costs hovered around $19,000 with state and county funding, and 2100 traps were leased to individuals.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland
G. Frank Thomas
Austin P. Renn
A. Grant Hooper
Daniel E. Wight
Merrit Ramsburg
L. H. Crickenberger
Henry R. Shoemaker
Housecleaning in Psychiatry Sparks Debate on Sex Emphasis
Washington dispatch reports Dr. C Charles Burlingame urging a housecleaning in psychiatry with less focus on sex. He argues to distinguish hypotheses from facts and opposes the love starvation theory. Dr Wingate Johnson warns against excessive post forty exercise citing historical figures.
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Washington
Connecticut
C. Charles Burlingame
District of Columbia Medical Society
Burlingame
Little Boys Run Away From Hospital For Mothers
Portland police report two Maine General Hospital boys aged 8 and 9 escaped the first floor children’s ward using a bed sheet tied to a crib. They slid to the lawn but were found a half hour later by Captain Harold Maguire. One boy had a broken arm, the other a fractured jaw from the escape, and both returned to their mothers at bedside.
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Portland
Robert Fogarty
William Stanton
Maine General Hospital
Harold K. Ma
Guire
Johnny
Captain Maguire
Robert
William
Break Expected in Glen Burnie Slaying Case
Investigators in Glen Burnie seize two pistols at a general store and filling station while questioning three men and a woman. Two more men, a 35-year-old Baltimore County Negro and a 26-year-old Prince Georges County white man, are picked up for questioning and may be key figures. Police say they will be held until stories are checked as hope grows for a breakthrough in the Mary C. Kline and John H. Mahlan killings.
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Glen Burnie
Dorr's Corner
Eastport
Ferndale
Dorr’s Corner
Baltimore County
Prince Georges County
Mary C. Kline
Warren Seeks National Unity Over Election Victory
Concord New Hampshire September 28 Republican vice-presidential nominee Earl Warren told 1 900 delegates the nation comes first and unity matters more than a GOP victory on November 2 He said he aimed for national unity regardless of election outcomes. Also reported Peary records found at Weington noting Cmdr Robert E Peary as polar explorer.
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Concord
N. H
Earl Warren
Uni
GOP
Thomas E. de
Less fresh food for soldiers due to west coast tieup
In San Francisco on Sept 28 Brig General Paul F. Yount said that two American soldiers stationed in the Far East will receive less fresh food next month because of a 26 day old maritime tieup on the west coast. A supporting UN report from Paris on Sept 28 noted the United States will back UN actions urging Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria to stop aiding Greek guerrillas through a usually reliable source.
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San Francisco
Far East
Paul F. Yount
U.N
Paris
United States
United Nations
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Four Concerts Planned By Cooperative Concert Association
The Cooperative Concert Association will host four winter concerts rather than three. Zonta club members led by Mrs. Hilda Croghan announced the lineup: Columbia Operatic Trio on November 5, Jesus Maria Sanrema on January 26, Edmund Xuriz on February 14, and the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Kindler on March 14. Paul Beckheim praised the campaign and commended the Zontians. Six Frederick club members will attend the Zonta District 3 convention in Philadelphia October 9 and 10.
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Cooperative Concert Association
Hilda Croghan
Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Paul Beckheim
Association
Zontians
Columbia Operatic Trio
Carlos Sherman
Agnes Davis
Elwood Gary
Jesus Maria Sanrema
Edmund Xuriz
National Symphony Orchestra
Hans Kindler
Ida K. Renn
Oz All
Frederick Club
Zonta District 3
Philadelphia
Evelyn Kefauver
Nan Roderick
Miriam Apple
Roy Cram
Mary Hodgson
First Work On Jail Improvements Begins
Extensive improvements at the Frederick county jail began with carpenters under Contractor Thomas J. Crum installing a subfloor on the second level. The false floor will allow progress as the main floor and cell blocks are torn out. An attic over the second floor will be cleared on Thursday. Prisoners will soon work on demolition.
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Frederick County
Thomas J. Crum
Americans Held by Russians After Crossing Into Soviet Zone
Four American soldiers who strayed into the Soviet occupation zone near Hof Germany on September 28 were detained by Soviet forces. The incident marks a tense postwar boundary stroke as Allied forces monitor crossings.
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Hof
Germany
Berlin crisis note to UN approved by big four ministers
Paris dispatch reports the United States Britain and France approved terms of a note to the United Nations on the Berlin crisis. The three western powers say they exhausted every possibility of direct agreement with the Russians and will hand the text to Secretary General Trygve Lie for public release.
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Paris
U. S
United Nations
Berlin
Trygve Lie
Pans
France
Robert ‘Schuman
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Schuman
Security Council
U.S
George C. Marshall
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Council
U. N
Trygve
Family of Nations
Europe
Assembly
Marshall
Bevin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Germans Form Communist Army Inside Soviet Zone
Berlin reports claim the Soviet occupation zone is building a German powered force under police guise. Telegraf asserts a Wehrmacht styled army of veterans is being formed with German soldiers returning from Russia, with training in strategic cities as a Russian backed force.
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Berlin
Telegraf
Russia
Wehrmacht
Korea
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Wingate Johnson
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Walter Camp
Yale
Woodrow Wilson
Theabinet
Josephus Daniels
Chauncey Depew
Frrom Hospital
Warren
Peary
Weington
Arctic
Cmdr
Robert E Peary
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