From Our Reporters Notebooks War memories and Civil War buckle found
Fred R. Knapp, a Western Maryland rail road foreman, faced an evening of baby sitting then a train trouble call. Anne Spencer Brugh notes the Netherlands Memorial crosses and care by Maastricht residents for fallen Americans. Stonemason Carl Smith finds a Civil War lead belt buckle in a dozen loyalist house wall at Slackwater, Ohio.
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Carl Smith
Norman Roland
Slackwater
Smith
Fire devastates Crisfield plant. losses exceed half a million
A two story Crisfield knife plant owned by Charles D. Briddell was destroyed by a fast moving early morning fire. Investigators point to suspected wiring as the cause amid oil storage and explosive liquid hazards. About 80 volunteers battled the blaze. losses are estimated at over 500000 dollars with no injuries reported.
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Criafeld
Marvel & App
Charles D. Briddell
Charles Briddell
John Nelson
Flo
Briddell
Naan Ba Add
CIOs Critique Of Government Living Cost Index Sparks Debate
The CIO charges that the government’s cost of living index used to set immediate pay raises for about 4.4 million workers fails to reflect actual price rises. It argues pay bumps of four or five cents per car may be affected by the index, with changes tied to a disputed method among management and labor.
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Washington
March
CIO
Devon Fornia
Ware Stabilizer
Johnston
Lin
Ford
Chrysler
Realty Market Holds Steady In Hagerstown Transfers
The Housing Authority of the City of Hagerstown moved to clear the Main Avenue and Tanvale Street sites for a new Federal Housing project. Total weekly sales remained average and the aggregate value near the half mark as several deeds recorded show transfers involving Amos transactions and multiple residents on Lanvale, Wilson District, Guilford and Bryan Place.
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Hagerstown
Main Avenue
Tanvale Street
Amos
Josephine KE
Anna Likin
Vonsing Authority
City of
Haverstowns
Lanvale
Lewis R. Hockensmith Eal
Russell Dg. Husson
Uos
Wilson
Horatio W. Wilhide
Charles Nelson Stale
Guilford
Carl Ro Vilar
Delbert
Nice Warner
Bryan Place
Augusto M. Roi
Tee Housing Authority
City of the
Five Injured In Grenade Blast In Jersey City Union
In Jersey City a hand grenade exploded at the Local 1247 AL union headquarters injuring five and leading to 12 arrests. Public safety Commissioner Messano canceled leave to speed the investigation after the blast damaged the headquarters and wounded President Vincent Barney Brown and others. Election at the union was postponed amid the arrests and ongoing police work.
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Jersey City
Ned
Iva
Lewis J. Messao
Junat
Junto Ue
Messano
Buist
Vincent Barney Brown
Avoid Faugno
Brown
Air Delivered Subcontract Supports Fast Mobility Drive
A first subcontract package for Texas Hugineer and Manufacturing Company was air delivered from Hagerstown to Dallas. The shipment included two skids of alumina sheet tools and specialized stringers for C-19 cowling, loaded in a 270 cubic foot C-119 Packard airframe piloted by Lt. Maryite Barrett. The transport aligns with Defense policy to speed mobilization and reduced processing time versus conventional routes.
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Hagerstown
Dallas
Texas
Destino
Texas Hugineering and Manufacturing Company
Tralco
U.S
Mat
Narrows
Hy Air
Failing to Stop After Crash Costs Man 50 Here Today
Roy W. Carter, 34, charged with failing to stop after an accident on Jonathan Street. Police say his northbound car struck a parked vehicle owned by Joseph H. Marks and he fled, later apprehended on Oak Avenue. vehicle damage estimated at 60 dollars.
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Roy W. Carter
WMCLA
Martin VW. Bostotter
Carter
Jonathan Street
Joseph H. Marks
Hancock
Marks
Oak TM Avenue
Korean Women Too Secluded, Yanks Unhappy
New York March 3 A Korean clergyman says many American soldiers are unhappy and lonesome in Korea where women are secluded and conservative Our girls just don t mix and the GI s come back from Korea with unpleasant feelings about the country says Dr Hyungki J Lew acting bishop of the Methodist Church in Korea He cites social standards as preventing dating between Korean girls and soldiers
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New York
Hyungki J. Lew
Methodist Church
Korea
Thieves Busy On Park Lane
Three auto owners reported thefts on Park Lane near Fair child plant. R L Sprankle of Singanore Avenue said four white wheel bands were stolen from his car. Virgil F Faulder reported two mirrors valued at eight dollars stolen. Garnett Canby of Martinsburg said a gas cap lock was removed and a quantity of gas stolen.
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Park Lane
Fairchild Plant One
R. L. Sprankle
Singanore Avenue
Virgil F. Faulder
Aoonshoro Re.’ ‘2
Garnett Canby
Martinsburg
Gan
Cross Burning Here Blamed On Teen Agers
Deputies say three teenage boys, upset with a girl’s lack of attention, committed a cross burning on Decker Avenue Wednesday night. There is no evidence of Ku Klux Klan involvement. officers suspect no repeat incidents and will prosecute those responsible.
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Decker Avenue
Michael Farria Torday
Decker Avene
Farrie
Maryland plan to convert sale funds for Western chronic hospital
Maryland lawmakers plan to redirect about 2.5 million dollars from Camp Ritchie sale to build a chronic disease hospital at Bellevue. Resolutions will be filed in the Senate by Senator Kenneth McLaughlin and in the House by the county delegation to authorize the project with regional support across Western Maryland and Baltimore areas.
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Maryland
Bellevue
Middlebury Pike
Camp Ritchie
Senate
Kenneth McLaughlin
House of Telesittes
Cano Ritchie
Pennsylvania
Leathernecks Stalled by Heavy Fire Near Hoengsong Front
US Marines push from Hoengsong on the central Korean front as heavy Chinese mortar and small arms fire slow the advance. A Marine column two and a half miles northeast faced intensified resistance while enemy reinforcements appeared. Elsewhere, American infantry near Pangnim repulsed a Korean Red attack amid shelling, sustaining casualties as the fighting persisted.
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Tokyo
Mare
Dorth
Hoengsong
Laon
Inc
Hoengrong
Fes
Pangnim
Soongsang
Seventh St“vision
Pangning
Willian
Muffalo
Bill
Quinn
Man Stops Train Faces Five Days Jail Sentence
Ralph B Bauginian, 64, of 100 block Jonathan Street, nearly died after lying on Western Maryland Railway tracks near Northern Avenue. He was arrested by city police after railroad workers reported the incident. Magistrate Martin Vo HK Bostetter sentenced him to five days in jail for drunken and disorderly conduct. Police said he admitted two days of intoxication and lay between tracks as a locomotive passed over, then moved to another set of tracks.
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Ralph B. Bauginian
Jonathan Street
Western Maryland Railway
Northern Avenue
Martin Vo HK. Bostetter
Baughman
Ural
Warne Settles
Therai
Settles
Bauchman
Baugh
Missing In Action Cpl Charles H Stotler in Korea
Missing in action is Corporal Charles H Stotler 19 son of Mrs Carolyn Bryan of North Locust Street He served in the field artillery and had been in the Army 18 months He attended Woodland Way Junior High and worked at the Dixie Millwork plant before enlisting He disappeared around February 13 in Korea.
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Charles H. Stotler
Carolyn Bryan
North Locust Street
Dee
Korea
Field Artilery
Army
Woodland Way
Dixie
Midwest in Deep Snow Paralyzes Six States
The midwest endures its worst snowstorm of the winter, entering a second day with heavy snow and wind across Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Michigan. Roads blocked strong winds create drifts while sub zero cold pushes north. Meanwhile the Gulf States reach record highs in a rare warm spell.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Nakatas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Mich Jgan
Great Plains
New York State
Buffalo
Syracuse
N.Y
Midavast
Lions Falls
Upper Michigan
North Central
Dixie
Gulf States
Would Control Sale Of Milk In Giles County
Narrows Virginia March 3 A bill aims to regulate milk sold in the county requiring all milk brought from across the Pennsylvania line to be bottled at a plant in Giles County under health approved standards The measure would not prohibit cross state milk but would require bottling within Maryland to ensure safety and quality Health authorities have raised concerns over milk bottled elsewhere and brought in for sale and the bill is sponsored by Senator Kenneth McLaughlin and backed by supporters in the Maryland approved plan
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Narrows
Celanese Corporation
Giles County
Maryland
Payly Health Department
Mary
Senate
D. Kenneth
al Neehlie
SUC
McLaughlin
Pennsylvania
United States proposes UN census of armed forces to compare powers
The United States at the United Nations urged Russia to allow an independent census counting soldiers, sailors, guns, tanks, and planes. Nash argued the count would settle which bloc holds more military power, contrasting Soviet claims with Western totals and calling on Moscow to begin meetings Monday. The plan excludes atomic weapons and follows prior proposals rejected by Russia.
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United Nations
N. Y Y
United States
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Britain
Frank C. Nash
U. N. Commission
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Nash
United Kingdom
U.S
U. N. Atomic Eneargy Commission
Butler Campaign Is Scrutinized From New Angle
Baltimore March 3 The Butler Maryland Senate campaign faces a new probe by States Attorney Anselm Snodara into possible election law violations. Campaign treasurer Butler aide Jon Jonkel admits unreported funds, while Mundy files reports in Circuit Court.
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Baltimore
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
Senate
Anselm Snodara
Cam
Wade
Tio
Mundy
Weather forecast notes light rain and cooling trend
The forecast indicates light rain tonight with a clearing Sunday morning and improving conditions by tomorrow afternoon. Today highs near 43 degrees, with tonight's low around 45 after a previous low of 35.
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Meattme
Divorce Suits Filed In Local Court Today
William A. Burnett Jr files for divorce from Lillian M. Burnett. Rosie A. Robinson sues George L. Robinson in a divorce action.
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William A. Burnett, Jr
Lillian M. Burnett
Rosie
A. Robinson
George L. Robinson
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