North End fire company plan gains support amid rising property
Citizens voice push for a North End fire company citing large new and existing properties along Pennsylvania Avenue and nearby districts plus longer freight trains at crossings. The piece notes prior failed efforts, county finances, and upcoming federal housing projects as context for urgency. It also reports on local court and traffic incidents, and county tax billing plans, including February discounts and regional distribution of tax bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Maryland
Hagerstown
Chester Holzapfel
Frederick Street
North Street
Hegerstown
Floods Across South Claim 14 Lives and Wreck Property
Floods spread through Alabama Tennessee Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia killing 14 people and causing millions in damage as crests threaten rivers in Alabama and Mississippi while relief crews move in. Red Cross head Gruenther plans visits and half a million dollars is allocated for flood relief. National Guardsmen were deployed as Tombigbee river crests four feet above flood stage at Columbus Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alabama
He Warrior
Coosa
Tennessee
Midstate
Upper East Tennessee
Chattanooga
Lower East
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Kelucky
Eisentoxer
Alfred N. Gruenther
National Red Cross
Tombigbee River
Columbus
Miss
National Guardsmen
Hunts
Demos Pledge Support For Candidates
Democratic candidates in the forthcoming city election met with party leaders and workers at an American Legion Post kickoff rally pledging unity and support for Mayor Winston F Burhans and five City Council nominees. Over 60 attended as Former Governor Lane and former mayors Elgin and Sweeney urged a united front.
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American Legion Post
Winston F. Burhans
William Preston Lane, Jr
W. Lee Elgin
Richard Sweeney
Democratic Central Committee
Sleet and Snow Seen Sunday Across The Region
The Potomac River rose from a Thursday crest as it crept five feet above normal flow by nine this morning. Muddy conditions followed half an inch of rain in the last 24 hours while temperatures held within three degrees. Forecast calls for sleet and snow west and east of Cumberland with cloudy skies and rain later.
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Potomac
Williamsport
Weather Bureau
Ares
Welfare Board Replies To Downey Request On Inspections
Washington County Welfare Board chair Charles C. Grice explains board procedures for Public Assistance while addressing Downey's call for preissuance home checks. The letter notes past coverage in the Hagerstown Daily Mail about potential Health Department inspections and infant death prompting scrutiny, and outlines steps to determine legal need swiftly and transparently.
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Charles L. Downey
Charles C. Grice
Washington County Welfare Board
Health Department
Fant
Realty Market Active With $250000 in Sales This Week
Homes and building sites in city and suburbs drove most transactions in this week’s realty market totaling about 250000 dollars. Two industrial tracts changed hands with Florida Company taking 6.19 acres on Florida Avenue and Esso Standard Oil buying a half acre on Cavetown Pike for a new filling station. Corporate and individual transfers include James A Sites and wife to Richard Hull and wife on Orchid Ridge Road in District 15, D Edward Hornbaker and wife to Donald Burger and wife, and Lewis H Cole to Lenore Miller and Albert Miller near Lakin Avenue Boonsboro. John McGill Lane and Samuel Lane trustees to Esso Standard Oil on Cavetown Pike near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad crossing. Potomac Textile Supply Corp to Milton Brawer and partners.
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Florida Company
Florida Avenue
Esso Standard Oil Company
Cavetown Pike
James A. Sites
Richard R. Hull
New Orchid Ridge Road
D. Edward Hornbaker
Donald W. Burger
George
Lewis H. Cole
Lenore Iona Miller
Albert Newton Miller
Lakin Avenue
Boonsboro
John McGill Lane
Samuel Loose Lane
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Potomac Textile Supply Corp
Milton Brawer
Oscar I. Brawer
Fred Geber
Partners
Mills Zoning Case Appeal Withdrawn
The appeal of H. L. Mills, Inc. from a Circuit Court ruling on a zoning dispute in Baltimore was dismissed. Mills had sought to overturn a zoning board variance allowing a retail district behind the Mills supermarket on Northern Avenue. The case began last June after the board granted the variance and a suit alleged the decision was arbitrary and illegal.
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H. L. Mills, Inc
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Mills
Northern Avenue
John Wagaman
Omer T. Kaylor
Zoning Board of Appeals
Mills, Inc
Pauline F. Shugars
Belview Avenue
Atorney Francis H. Urner
Henderson
Zoning Board
Maryland High Court
Lawmaker Pushes Jail Time For Revoked License Driving
Delegate Willis Porter plans to push a General Assembly bill to mandate jail terms for convictions of driving on a revoked license. He cited current statutes allowing fines or jail terms and said the penalties should be amended to require jail time.
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Willis Porter
General Assembly
J. B. Berkson
Porter
Price Right But Goods Seemed Little Familiar
Baltimore report recalls Christopher Lightning recounting a tavern offer of a camera and light meter for $3 that seemed familiar. the items disappeared from his car. In Eastern Police Court Andrew King, 61, was convicted of larceny and sentenced to 60 days in jail.
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Baltimore
Christopher Lightning
Eastern Police Court
Andrew King
Saud to Stay in Washington for More Talks
King Saud of Saudi Arabia will extend his Washington visit for further discussions with U S officials on Middle East issues. Officials say talks have been cordial and productive. A dinner with President Eisenhower underscored positive relations as Saud praised U S support for UN principles. The State Department noted Saud canceled plans to spend next week at the Greenbrier.
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Washington
Saud
Saudi Arabia
U. S
Laud
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
State Department
Greenbrier
Molly Kidwell Shows Improvement After Arsenic Poisoning
Molly Kidwell, age 14, recovering from paralysis after arsenic poisoning that killed her father and two siblings in a mass attack by an aged suitor. She improving at Baltimore hospital while siblings and mother reside with relatives in Brownsville after discharge from Washington County Hospital. In a separate case, William Franklin Bell alias William Knighton, held on murder charges, hanged himself in Charles Town jail.
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Molly Kidwell
Baltimore Hospital
Melis
Children’s Hospital School
Baltimore
Kidwell
Brownsville
Washington County
Hoenital
William Franklin Bell
William Knighton
Charles Town
Pilot Marsh Linked To Earlier Crashes In NY Airliner Disaster
NEW YORK 103 aboard an NE Airliner crashed near Rikers Island, killing 20. Capt Alva V Marsh 49, veteran pilot, had controlled two prior crashes since 1952 in the same area, both nonfatal. He and other survivors faced serious injuries. Previous incidents included a 1952 East River crash near Rikers and a 1953 LaGuardia landing gear failure, both tied to Marsh’s long career.
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New York
Alva V. Marsh
Rikers Island
East River
Marsh
May
LaGuardia Field
Boston
Many Injured: All six Crewmen Escape Death
A Miami bound airliner crashed in a driving snowstorm after takeoff from LaGuardia last night. At least 20 people were killed and 80 survivors, many seriously injured, were treated in area hospitals. Passenger totals ranged from 100 to 103. Police reported six crew members among the injured.
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New York
LaGuardia Field
Boston
Northeast Airlines
FBI
Three Businesses Entered With No Loss Found
Three business places were broken into during the night but nothing was missing, reports say. Glass above doors at Summit Grill and Maas Optical Company were cut, but no entry occurred. H and T Maytag store also breached. officer arrived as the thief fled. A residence on 524 East Antietam Street was entered. a clock an iron and clothing worth $26 were taken.
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William Prince
Summit Grill
Summit Avenue
Nothling
Maas Optical Company
H. & T. Maytag
West Franklin Street
Harry House
Louise Warrenfeltz
East Antietam Street
Jock
Eleven Killed In Collision Of Two Planes Over France
Two U S Air Force KB29 aerial tankers collided at about 15 000 feet above Morigny near St Lo in Normandy during a training flight from Sculthorpe England. Eleven crewmen died and three were injured. five others were listed as missing with at least one survivor parachuting to safety. The third plane returned to base safely.
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ST. LO
France
I Air Force
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
England
Sculthorpe
Normandy
U. S
Cherbourg
Morigny
U.S. Air Force
Paris
U.S
Groundhog Sees Shadow Returns to Hole at Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Pennsylvania reports its famous groundhog emerged at dawn, saw a shadow, and scurried back to his burrow. Club president Sam Light states tradition calls for six more weeks of winter weather.
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Punxsutawney, Pa
Plane Crash Off Gloucester Leaves Four Dead
A BAT six-jet bomber crashed into the sea near Gloucester last night. Fishermen recovered four life jackets and wreckage but reported no survivors. Portsmouth Air Force Base said a B47 is missing after failing to return from a routine training flight.
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Gloucester
Mass
Portsmouth
N. H
Air Force Base
Hoover to join air crash probe amid multiple investigations
FBI chief Edgar Hoover will join the air tragedy inquiry as six other investigations proceed. Angel Gorben in a penitentiary recounts the four engine plane’s crash with two explosions, describing a scene of lighted skies, escaping passengers, and frantic tumbling shadows from a prison window.
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Edgar Hoover
FBI
Angel Gorben
Gorbea
Delegate Brings Charges Against Ohio Motorist
Ohio motorist Robert Sears of Waverly faced charges after Delegate William Porter observed violations on Rt. 40 three miles east of Hagerstown. Sears pleaded guilty to passing to the right of a motor vehicle and passing where prohibited, paying $15 fines on each count. He was jailed in default of fines after being arrested by State Trooper Richard Garvey following Porter’s witness statement.
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Ernest L. Stine
Corbett Street
Hagerstown
W. Kitchen
Boonsboro
Funkstown
Stine
Kitchen
William Kreykenbohm
Ohio
Toiday
William Porter
House of Delegates
Robert Sears
Waverly
Porter W
Rt. 40
Sears
Richard Garvey
Porter
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Keefer
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