Not Guilty Pleas Entered In Multiple Murder Cases
Two Negro defendants pleaded not guilty to murder and requested jury trials as arraignments proceeded. Trials set for October include John Graves for Eugene Howard’s murder on October 11 and Charles H Giles for Raymond Cooper’s murder on October 4. Other cases involve false pretenses, burglary, larceny, statutory rape, and assault with various trial dates in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick M. Schnauffer
John Graves
Eugene Howard
Wilbur F. Shofield, Jr
Richard E. Zimmerman
Tranverser
Charles H. Giles
Raymond Cooper
Sheffield
Hagerstown
Howard R. Poe
Fred Henry Wishard
Henry E. Herbert
Hershberger
John Wesley Pearcey
Thurmont
Francis Perrott
Stanton
Lesley
Ovider
Charles L. Runkles
E. Austin James
Wiliam Burke
Leroy Staub
Mary B. Berry
Charlies G. Lee
Neibert W. Worton
James E. Bowens
Roger Clary
Fred E. Dolan
M. Hayler
Roger L. Joy
Carl P. Ridgeley
Charles L
Wiliam E. Russell
Ail Busiar
James
Joy
Joseph Stanton
Mr. Amerman
Co. Lidie, Jr
Guand Larceny
Charlies E. Biggus
Marr Biggus
James H
Biggus
Mr. James
Difficulty In Filling First Draft Quota
Martinsburg West Virginia September 28 The local draft board for three counties in the eastern panhandle reports trouble meeting its first quota for pre induction physical exams. Berkeley and Morgan counties have been asked to supply ten men for the first examinations. Gilbert C McKown of Martinsburg, chairman of the tri county board, says they can send the men but most are expected to be rejected.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Panhandle
Berkeley
Morgan Counties
Gilbert C. McKown
Martburg
Mun ich pact and world war II warning noted
In a Sept 29 1938 note, Britain France Italy and Germany sign the Munich pact appeasing Hitler by dismembering Czechoslovakia. The same date marks rejection of appeasement of Russia and warns of a German threat to the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Czechoslovakia
United States
Russia
United Nations
Berlin
Weather Bureau will staff Frederick forecast office
A local Weather Bureau public service office will be staffed by two employees to provide forecasts and weather information for Frederick and surrounding areas. The station will be moved to the new airport terminal by November 30 with a plan to discontinue 24 hour airway observations due to budget priorities, focusing on agricultural and general public needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Frederick and
Vicinity
F. W. Reichelderfer
Weather Bureau
Lloyd C. Culler
Beverly Ober
State Police
Baughman’s Lane
Reichelderfer
Weather Service
Mary
Frederick
Frederick l
Iour Offce
Advance Sale Of Fair Seats And Boxes Reported
An excellent advance sale of grandstand box and reserve seats for the Frederick Fair, starting next Tuesday, reports indicate the Livestock entries are up to last year with fine exhibits expected. Exhibitors may show any number of animals of the same age but may win only two premiums per class, and racing four afternoons plus a Saturday revue are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Endy Brothers
Bonday
B. Ward Beam
Truman announces four day campaign tour next week
President Truman plans a four day campaign tour hitting New York state and Pennsylvania with major night addresses in Philadelphia Jersey City N Y Buffalo New York. The tour includes stops aboard the Truman campaign train and aims to rally support ahead of the elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
New York State
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Jersey City
N. d
Buffalo
Berlin crisis shows Russia's veto in control council pattern
The background piece argues the 1935 four power plan doomed Germany by requiring unanimous agreement. It asserts Russia used veto in both Berlin and UN Security Council to block joint Western plans while pursuing its own zone policies. The piece links the Berlin crisis to wider aims to spread Communism beyond Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Berlin
Germany
Greece
Turkey
Austria
Finland
Europe
U. S
Britain
France
Security Council
United Nations
Control Council
Apple Truck Overturns Near Urbana. Driver Unhurt
Richard McPherson of Smithsburg escaped injury when his apple truck overturned on Route 240 about one mile south of Urbana at 2 30 AM. The vehicle rode the highway shoulder for 1000 feet, struck a culvert, and rolled onto its side in a ditch. A few apples spilled. trooper H J Brown investigated and no charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Richard McPherson
Smithsburg
Washington
H. J. Brown
Drinking More Alcoholic Beverages This Year
Baltimore report indicates Maryland drinkers are consuming more alcoholic beverages than at the same time last year. The trend is based on a state comptroller's tax data for alcoholic beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Soviet Fighter Planes Buzz U S Supply Flights Over Berlin
In Berlin Sept 29 Soviet fighter planes buzzed two American supply planes in a Soviet zone air corridor. U S air officials filed a written protest alleging violations of air safety rules and four power flying regulations. Berlin police said about 25 Germans escaped from forced labor in Russian uranium mines in Saxony during a train transit through the British sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.S
Saxony
Guild Opens Meeting Here and Biennial Conference
The Women s Guild of the Potomac Synod hosts delegates from Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia for a two day biennial meeting in Trinity Chapel and Grave Reformed church. Registration expected for more than 120 women with afternoon sessions and a fellowship dinner followed by an evening address by Mrs Theodore O Wedel chair of Christian Social Relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Guild of
Potomac Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church Today
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Trinity Chapel
Grace Reformed and
Evangelical Reformed Churches
Grave Reformed Church
Theodore O. Wedel
Christian Social Relations Committee
United Council of Church Women
Disabled Veterans to Be Entertained at Camp Kanawha
State Police will escort a convoy of 45 disabled veterans from Maryland Virginia and the Washington district to Camp Kanawha near Point of Rocks for the opening of a new log cabin owned by the Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association. Veterans will enjoy boating fishing and trapshooting with dinner at six. The cabin cost 11000 to build and this marks the association's third year hosting the visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington District
Camp Kanawha
Point of Rocks
Frederick County Fish and Game Protective Association
Maryland
Virginia
No Bids Placed for State Route 27 Blacktop Work
The State Roads Commission reported no bids received this week at the bid opening for paving State Route 27 from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossing in Mount Airy to the southern limits of the town, with no announced plan for next steps. Meanwhile, all F-84 jet fighters were grounded temporarily pending investigation of recent accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Mit
Washington
Silo Explosion Floors Barn After Sleeper Fails to Wake
Farmer Murice Reynole in St. Charles Til reports his silo exploded during sleep. The blast sent the silo roof 50 feet, bulged walls, and caused the barn to collapse onto the feed shed. The windmill toppled onto the implement shed as silage gas is blamed. He woke only after the noise passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Til
Murice Reynole
Reynolo
Eye Student In Probe Of Two Deaths
Glen Burnie detectives focus on two brown paper bags in the slayings of 18 year old Mary Kline and 25 year old John Mabklan. A college former boyfriend is under surveillance while investigators question a girl friend who dated him after Kline ended the relationship. Bags were taken to county headquarters with one bulging and containing a hat. Chief Souers remains confident the case will be solved after 12 days of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Burnie
Baltimore News-Post
Mary’ S Kline
John H. Sovers, Jr
Anne Arundel County
Ther
News-Post
Miss Kline
John H. Mahlan
Souers
Pensions For Maryland Firemen Clarified By Attorney General
An Attorney General opinion defines when Maryland volunteer firemen qualify for pensions for disabilities incurred in duty. A fireman may not receive a pension if able to resume gainful work or if he has independent income unaffected by the disability. If disability recurs after a temporary pension and cannot support him, reinstatement may be allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Hail Hammond
Curtis C Larrimore
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Hammond
Attorney-General
Board of Trustees
Jireman
Towel Masked Bandits Rob Woman In New York
A woman in New York was tied and robbed of jewelry valued between 40 000 and 50 000 by three towel masked men who entered her fifth floor hotel room at the Madison. The victim identified herself as Mrs Sonja Loew, 31, of Milton Massachusetts, formerly married to Elias Loew of the Loew theater family. She said the robbers demanded money and jewelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sonja Leew
Milton
Mass
Elias Mr. Loew
Loew
Bar A-Bomb Plants To Unions Not Disavowing Communism
Washington reports the government barred its A-bomb plants from unions whose officers refuse to disavow communism under Taft Hartley act criteria. The CIO United Electrical Workers and CIO United Public Workers were singled out, with possible recognition for others only if they certify non-Communist oaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Moscow
Atomic Energy Commission
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Oak Ridge
NLRB
CIO United Electrical Workers
United Public Workers
U. K
United States
Public Workers Union
Gov' 5
U. E
William W
Meat Prices, Not Supported, May Be Among First To Fall
Washington note discusses price support program effects on meat prices in 1950. It argues beef remains high due to corn and pork under the same support, with pork and lamb outlooks tied to corn yields and demand. It notes broader demand, income, and potential recessions influence meat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Washington
NEA
U. S
Griffith Denies Plot Against Peron in Uruguay
John Griffith, ex cultural attaché to the U S embassy in Buenos Aires, rejects charges he headed a plan to kill Juan Peron and Eva Peron. Argentine police say several suspects are detained and extradition requests are not yet filed as Griffith remains in Uruguay.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
John Grifith
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
Griffith
Buenos Aires
Hartford
University of Southern California
Kil Peron
Eva Duarte Peron
Grifith
Tover
Perons
Uriguay
Luis Batlle Berres
Grifath
Swope Jr. in Fair Condition After Hunting Accident
John W. Swope Jr., 44, of Woodpoint, was accidentally shot by his father while hunting near Wolfsville. He suffered pellet wounds to the upper body and neck from a 16 gauge shotgun at about fifty yards. Doctors report his condition as fair and not considered critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
John W. Swope, Jr
Wolfsville
Swope
Western Maryland Railroad
Woodpoint
Yugoslavia Backs Soviet Union in Berlin Crisis Debate
Yugoslavia aligned with the Soviet Union in the United Nations General Assembly as Western powers prepared to file notes to the Security Council over the Berlin blockade. Edvard Kardelj defended Moscow while Western allies considered provisional measures to ease the Berlin dispute.
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Paris
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
United Nations
Edvard Kardelj
General Assembly
Marshall Tito
Moscow
Kardelj
United States
Britain
France
U. N
Security Council
Berlin
Trygve Lie
Eastwest
Spaak attacked at U.N. over disarmament and bloc lines
Moscow papers label Belgian Premier Spaak an agent of the Anglo American bloc as Tass Paris dispatches describe his U.N. speech justifying rejection of Soviet disarmament offers. Reports note Bevin and Attlee tensions with Shinwell, and Pravda cites Mackenzie King praising the Marshall Plan amid bloc politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Paul-Henri Spaak
Tass
Paris
Spaak
United Nations General Assembly
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Io the
U. N
Absecow
Emanuel Shinwell
Andrei Y. Se
U.N
London
Attlee
Shinwell
Bevin
Pravda
Park
W. L. Mackenzie King
United Nations
King
Europe
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Wari
By James Marlow
Mahlan
Firemen’s Pensions
Remington
Commerce Department
Elizabeth T. Jey
Vassar
War Production Board
Justice Department
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
Thomas
House Un-American Activities Committee
Truman Administration
Sovi
New Jersey
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Alex M. Campbell
Douglas Larsen
Spaaks Spaak
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