Fifty Years Ago News From The News Post Files
The 1914 dispatch covers Russian advances near Przemysl via Vienna Rome the American traveler Jane Need’s harsh view of wartime travel and safety on oceans. A Market Street auto accident prompts Mayor Fraley to demand street restoration after utilities work. Frederick County athlete Harry LeGore praised as Yale's season find by Northern papers.
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London
Vienna
Rome
Przemysl
Ocean
Paris
Jane C. Need
Frederick
Market Street
Third Street
Ros Summers
Fraley
Harry LE Gore
Frederick County
Yale
Columbia Driver Judgment Test Highlights Poor Driving Judgement
The Columbia Driver Judgment Test developed by Columbia University's safety education and research institute questions drivers on intersection behavior. The 40 questions reveal how many drivers would stop or proceed in risky ways, indicating broad issues in driver training and judgment.
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American Automobile Association
Columbia
Columbia University
Safety Education and Research Institute
James L Maffetti
Fairgrounds Pageants and Rainy Day Crowd
Report from the fairgrounds describes mingled scenes of relief and concern as attendees, vendors, and visitors navigate rain soaked stalls. A gatekeeper invites curiosity for tomorrow when gates reopen at eight in the morning.
Trespassing Case Dismissed By State
A circuit court appeal of four magistrates court convictions for three individuals including a former state trooper was dismissed after the chief public prosecutor retracted testimony. William Wenner noted the plea by Daniel Joseph Molon and Dr James Paker alongside former trooper Neil Alexander as the chief witness failed to appear in court.
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Troapen
al Fiege Seine
William W. Wenner
Dan Doseph
James Po Baker
Neil W. Alexander
Patrick Schnauffer
Shee Oatermonige
Survey of land eyed for Frederick airport site
Civil Aeronautics Administration engineers began a land survey east of Frederick to identify a site for a new airport. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger said the survey will extend from Route 40 east to the Monocacy River, covering a wide area. Governor Thomas E Dewey accused Roosevelt of mudslinging as campaigns heated up. A fierce debate over drafting a peace for undefeated Germany raged in State War and Treasury Departments, with potential showdown looming.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Frederick City
Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
Monocacy River
Thomas E Dewey
Roosevelt
Gaithersburg Teen Hurt In Weekend Crash
An 18 year old Gaithersburg boy received minor injuries after his car struck a utility pole and overturned on US 340 near Frederick. Garland Burton was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital for deep lacerations and leg abrasions. his car was demolished. No charges.
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Gaithersburg
Garland Burton
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Frederick
Burton
Rov J Reed
Agnes Falkenstein
Richmond
Robert G Weaklex
Arlington
Falkenstein
Weakley
Robert Loun
Electronic Shop Break-In Reported in Frederick County
Frederick County sheriff reports a break in at the Electronics Shop on US 30 West during the night of September 21. Owner James H. Goodman Sr. says a person or persons broke through a window and stole two checks. deputies say no money or other items were taken and the investigation is underway.
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Frederick County
US 30
James H. Goodman Sr
James Capina
Sheriffs Offee
Capino
Frederick Memorial Hospital Patients List Names
Among the sick Mr. Paul Rhoads of Fast Patrick Street is a surgical patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital Mrs Donothy Koontz. Moun taindade as Surgical Patient at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Paul Rhoads
Fast Patrick Street
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Donothy Koontz. Mountaindade
Kennedy Assassination Inquiry Details Oswald Motives
The commission finds Oswald acted alone in the Kennedy assassination and outlines motives, notes Ruby’s possible influence, and requests reforms for the Secret Service. It confirms the rifle fired from the sixth floor of the Book Depository, outlines the bullets’ paths, and describes the chaotic treatment of Oswald by Dallas police. It reports on witness statements and the emotional moments of the motorcade as the tragedy unfolded.
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National Security Council
Congress
Secret Service
William McKinley
Secretary of the Treasury
FBI
Dallas
State Department
United States
Bar
Oswald
Edwin A. Walker
Soviet Union
Cuba
Ruby
Caroline Kennedy
White House
Unaimous
J. D. Tippit
Book Depository
Wit
Kennedy
Gov. Connally
Connally
Tippit
U.S
Commission
Houston
Elm Streets
Kenneth O'Donnell
Kennedy Assassination Witness Accounts From Dallas Reveal Chaos
Eyewitness details recount the fatal gunfire in Dallas. Secret Service agents scramble to shield the President and Mrs. Kennedy as orders to evacuate clash with the car’s onslaught. Mrs. Kennedy’s actions and Johnson’s reaction accompany the hurried transport to Parkland Hospital where the President is pronounced dead after extensive efforts.
West Virginia police join search for missing Potomac man
Martinsburg police join a search for Mary Jack R. Smith of Potomac Maryland who vanished after a station wagon registered to him hit a utility pole four miles south of Martinsburg on U.S. Route 11. Witnesses say the fleeing driver appeared injured and incoherent.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Panhandle
West Virginia
Mary Jack R. Smith
Potomac
Ack R. Smith
Here
U.S 11
Two New York Graduates Visit Miss Kadull
Mr. Douglas Fraser Jr. of Forest Hills and Mr. Thomas Mulcahey of Jamaica Plain were guests of Miss Mary Kadull at West College Terrace. They attended a Washington Redskins versus Cleveland Browns game and visited Georgetown acquaintances. Both recently graduated from Holy Cross College Worcester and are now enrolled at Columbia University College of Medicine.
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Douglas Fraser Jr
Forest Hills
N.Y
Thomas Mulcahey
Jamaica Plains
Mary Kadull
Paul Kadull
West College Terrace
Washington
A. Boyd Fisher Jr
A. Boyd, Fisher Jr
Pittsburgh
Point of Rocks
Fisher
West Penn Hospital
Pittsburg
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Albert B
Laura Willard Fisher
Old Boy's High School
Engineering College
University of Maryland
Koppers Company
Jacobs Engineering Firm
Ruth MacDonald Fisher
A. Boyd Fisher
Boy Arrested For Robbing Cleaners
A 13 year old Frederick boy is held in juvenile detention after taking 40 dollars from a local dry cleaning shop. He walked into Footers Cleaners on North Market at 11 a.m. Saturday and grabbed cash from the drawer while the attendant was away. Police nabbed him at All Saints and Market about 30 minutes later and the money was recovered.
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Frederick
Footer’s Cleaners
North Market
All Saints
Market Streets
Secret Service agents drank before Kennedy death findings
The Warren Commission said four of nine agents riding behind President Kennedy’s car had small drinks early Nov 22 but were not intoxicated and acted to protect him. Some visited a Fort Worth club and a coffee house before duty shifts, with hours stretching through 5 a.m. The report emphasised no improper conduct and praised the agents' responses during the assassination.
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Faust
Hill
David Powers
Lyndon B Johnson
Rufus
Youngblood
Ewes
Dyn
Agent Youngblood
Guv Connally
Charles J. Carrico
Washington
Secret Service
John F. Kennedy
Warren Commission
Fort Worth
Worth
Commission
Kennedy
Love Field
Trade Mart
White House
James J Rowley
Five Day Forecast Shows Near Normal Temperatures
The forecast indicates average temperatures with normal highs around 73 and lows near 57 in Baltimore and nearby areas. Rain is expected Tuesday and Wednesday totaling about a half to one inch as cooler air shifts to warmer spells later in the week.
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Baltimore City
Baltimore Airport
Solomons
Frederick
Oakland
Wilmington
Funeral services for John W Atchison and others held
Funeral services for John W Atchison who died at his home on Dill Avenue were conducted at East Church Street on Saturday at 10 30 a m with Rev Maurice D Ashbury officiating. Graveside rites followed at Twilight Rest cemetery Richfield N Y. M R Etchison and Son were directors. Also listed are services for Mrs Margaret D Hall of Woodbine and Mrs Hazel Green Harbaugh owner of Mar Lu Restaurant.
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Eldridge M. Browning
Annie R. Browning
Mount Airy
Asbury Methodist Home
Gaithersburg
Frederick County
John Andrew
Harriett Trout
George
Frederick
Roy
Virginia
Wilson Trout
Pine Grove Chapel
Herman Wilson
William Boyer
Marvin Chapel Methodist Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Waltz
Liberty Road
Winfield
George K. Christis
Andronike Helen Christis
George Khristis
Major
James Martin
Biggs Avenue
Walter Reed General Hospital
Christis
Steve and
Maria Gallas
Na- Uves
Greece
Martin
Christ G. Christis
Baltimore
Harriet Summers
Fayetteville
E. Church Street
Mt. Olivet
R. Etchison & Son
Bradley J. Day
Eli T. Molesworth
Damascus
Montgomery General Hospital
Olney
Howard County
Randolph
Alberta Warfield Day
Baker Council
Daughters of America
Anthony J. Lapetina
Gordon W
Harold G. Day
Oha L Molesworth
William Bury
Brunswick
Phillip Scarff
Beckley
Rhine
Thurmont Church of the Brethren
Glade Valley Mining Company
Woodsboro
East Church Street
Mount Olivet
Jesse Ryan
Ridgeville
Olin L. Molesworth
Charles G. Muradian
Roland Murray
Robert Murray
Downey Day
John Murray
Benjamin Bryan
Harry Lowman
Pine Grove
Tollie H.wachter
Walkersville
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Barton Funeral Home
Albert Snyder
William H. Peiffer
Clyde H. Fogle
Earl Zimmerman
Elmer Zimmerman
Durward Kettells
George Martin
Glade Cemetery
Florence C. Yost
Unionville
St. James Episcopal Church
Robert Pegram
Edward Danner
Wilford Norris
Robert Etzler
Richard and
David Jones
T. O. Warfield
JV. Waltz
John W. Atchison
Dill Avenue
Maurice D. Ashbury
All Saints Episcopal Church
Twilight Rest Cemetery
Richfield
N.Y
M. R. Etchison and Son
Margaret D. Hall
Woodbine
Union Memorial Hospital
Poplar Springs Methodist Church
Lawrence Cameron
Calvary
Lutheran Church
Church
Otho
Robert Lamb
John Hatfield
Charles
Alfred Fredericks
Howard Hall
Waltz Funeral Home
Hazel Green Harbaugh
East Patrick Street
Lucille Wolford Sahebi
North Market Street
Ralph M. Sharpe
Calvary Methodist Church
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Frederick Sunday
Mildred Behrend
Birmingham
Mich
Vernon T. Watkins
Monrovia
Morton Behrend
Joan
Gloria
Ray Watkins
Sallie Blumenauer
Pearl Schade
Alice Rose
Hyattsville
Charles S. Rhine
Charles Spurgeon Rhine
Virgil M. Welty
Sherman Avenue
Loy's Station
Mr. Rhine
Johnstown
Isaac E
Ella Stiltz Rhine
Bryant A. Rhine
John A. Rhine
Allan A. Rhine
Daugh‘ters
J. Robert Cornelius
JFK
Charles V. Given
Martin Green
Charles E Green
James Green
Gene Green
Severn Nottingham
Lewistown Church
Lewstown
Robert E Dailey and Son
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