Drowned deer removed from Fishing Creek reservoir
Deputy Warden Durward W Kettells and city employees removed a drowned buck from the Fishing Creek reservoir Friday. The carcass was destroyed at the municipal incinerator. Regional Game Warden Benjamin F Phobus Sr attributed death to exhaustion after likely being chased by an owl. He warned dogs threaten small game and noted trout restocking will begin next Thursday and Friday in several creeks.
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Durward W. Kettells
Fishing Creek
Benjamin F. Phobus
Phebus
Frederick County
Big Hunting Creek
Middle Creek
Friends Creek
4 H National Champs Groomed in Food Preparation
Maryland 4 Hers sharpen culinary skills as the 1950 national 4 H Food Preparation program advances. Six national champions receive $300 college scholarships, state winners earn trips to the National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago, with awards by Cooperative Extension Service and Kelvinator as sponsor. Pearl King of Gaithersburg is highlighted for her five year effort, cooking and serving 3,539 meals and preserving 6,400 quarts of food.
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Iminking
Maryland
Ional
Gaithersburg
Kelvinator
Nash Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit
Michigan
Congress
Chicago
Cooperative Extension Service
Murder Charge In Axe Slaying Case
Oakland April 21 A murder charge was filed against 35 year old William Lloyd Kifer for fatally striking Phillip George Ray with an axe and wounding Ronald Nazelrod. Nazelrod, left arm tendon severed, was held on $200 bond as a witness. Kifer remained jailed without bond until the September grand jury. State trooper Robert Henline arrested Kifer at gunpoint after Ray fled to the Haines home.
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Oakland
William Lloyd Kifer
Kifer
Garrett County
Ronald Nazelrod
Deer Park
Nazelrod
Phillip Georgrge Ray
Kitzmiller
Ray
Charles Haines
Robert Henline
Henline
Dwight Stover
Tools to Tilt with Personal Garden Aids and Essentials
Tips from Cynthia Lowry outline personal tool choices for gardeners, noting that men and women differ in tool heft and handle style. Basic set includes mower, spade, rake, hoe, trowel, sprayer, and hand weeder, with power mowers for large lawns. Emphasizes buying quality tools, maintaining them, and expanding with pruning shears, cultivators, hedge tools, spreaders, and hoses. A separate oblique item reports Mrs. D. Brooks Jr. of Mullins, SC, died after reading the final installment of a serial tale, having expressed a dying wish fulfilled by a publisher.
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Cynthia Lowry
AP News
Oman
Sida
Hareware
Wisit
Mullins
D. &. Brooks, Jr
Brooks
Swank Named Consul General for Post in Jakarta
The Foreign Service appoints Au de Ti Qperta as consul general and chief of the economic mission to Tokyo with duties in Batavia and Djakarta. Swank, now assigned to the embassy in Jakarta, is promoted to consulship and set to lead a mission to Japan before returning to Indonesia. Open House marks National Mental Health Week at Keaville State Hospital with tours, speeches, and exhibits.
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Einnery Cabbenta
Digharta
Tiduresia
Ales Vierge
Swank
Watkins Agiriy
Hounterdt
Foreign Service
Shire Department
Merle Cochran
Djnharney
Osiak
Sane
New Republic
State Department
Drouswick High School
Hu and Marshall College
Harvard
China
Case Heane
Iis
Mem
Brunswick
Tie
Imar
Mirnesota
Batavia
Republic
Japan
Djakarta
Valopapan
Horneo
Manila
Tokyo
U. S
Heepitel
MW Virginia Beyer
State Hospital
Women's Club Lewistunh Cll Meets At the Regular Monthly Meet
The Lewistown Women’s Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steriony Lenbary on Wednesday evening with twenty members and visitors present. The program included scripture, prayer, and a report on wardrobes coordination. plans for a Community Sing and a flower auction were set for May 17 at Mrs. G. Lloyd Palmer’s home. Contributions were gathered for the Short Course Club House in College Park and Pennies for Ponies for Friendship were collected. A trip summary to the National... shows and a demonstration week in Frederick were noted before adjournment after refreshments.
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Lewistunh Cll
Nora Frye
Gary Stull
Jae Bara
G. Liloyd Palmer
College Park
Bertie Kolb
Fredericks
Jomeomakers
Alove
Venia Kellas
Europe
Frederick
George Arnal
Rvint
Washington
Court News: Marriage Licenses and Deeds Do Not Match
Court notices list marriage licenses for Goerakl Do McGowan and Gulieima K Koller both in Minnesota ages 20 and 18, Jefferson Donald W Stockman 26 and Catherine L Huffer 22, Reginald Bs Davis 22 colored and Catherine L Scott 19 colored, Nagxville. Property deeds show Claude R Crum to Russell Drawn and wife for $10, Nail to Clov ener PL Nail for $1, etc. A garbled line references Pope Gregory and a calendar reform note about 151 October 14.
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Goerakl DO. McGowan
International Falls
Minn
Gulieima K. Koller
Jefferson Donald W. Stockman
Jefferson
Catherine L. Huffer
Frederick
Reginald Bs. Davis
Colored
Tisimaville
Catherine L. Scott
Nagxville
Claude R. Crum
Russel
Drawn
Counsty
Merman
Naill
Clovener
Clarence PB. Naill
Herman PB. Naill
alfalfa caterpillar virus plot and biowarfare hints
The article describes developing a virus targeting alfalfa caterpillars to protect forage. It notes risks to animals and humans feeding on the meat, followed by mentions of using other viruses against pests and secret experiments in biological warfare dating from 1943 to 1949.
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Parsons
Biological War On Eues Arrives Near Berkeley
In Berkeley California April 21 a test of aerial biological warfare sprayed an alfalfa field with a virus to combat alfalfa caterpillars. Researchers Dr Clarence G Thompson and Dr Edward A Steinhaus observed the field was nearly free of pests within a week. The operation used a small plane and a minimal spray, marking a pioneering use of aircraft in pest control with biological agents.
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Herkeley
Cal
Antralia
Clarence G. Thompson
Edward A. Steinhaus
Thompson
Steinhaus
Pes Ais
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Univers of Maryland
Country Agricultural
Bulletin Room
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Maryland
James Edward Hildebrand
Rt. 3
Independent Hose Co
North Market Street
Frank Dorsey
Woodsboro Livestock Sales, Inc
Woodsboro
Walkersville
The
Frederick County Holstein Association
Fair Grounds
Frederick, Maryland
J. Homer Remsberg
R. Austin Backus
Dosh’s Livestock Market
John L. Ponton
McCormick
H. B. Duvall
Frederick, Md
Farm Equipment Center
Thurmont, Md
Thurmont
I. C. Sommers
Monrovia Supply CO
Monrovia, Md
Phone New Market
Mercer Jones & Son Dickerson
Buckeystown
Court News
Robert A. Grimes
Rocky Ridge
Jacob G. Shoemaker
Leslie A. Masser
Gregory
Ariel
Tseed
Healy
Frederick Service
E. Cramer & Son
TIM Court Street
Rederich
GenUlermen
Pras
Windsor Forest Farm
Everett Mullinix
MT. Airy
Wilmer Studio
Hagerstown, Md
HARCO
Howard County
Everett W. Mullinix
Harmony Grove S’eed & Supply, Inc
Harmony Grove, Md
ARCO
Douglas Horiie Bosda
Mad
Brunswick Cooperative Brunswick
Lawyer's Hatchery
Long Corners, Md
Quaker City
Hampsterd, Md
Mr. Dairyman
Harper Feed Mills, Inc
Washington, Pa
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