Revision Of Frederick City Building Code Probable Update
The Frederick city building code faces modernization as officials plan a general revision to reflect postwar construction methods materials and safety practices. The 1938 code and 1927 base are deemed outdated for new ventures and expanded structures in the city.
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Airles
Frederick
Mayer and Aldermen
Avie Thay Éaohe
Edward J. Smith
Elmer S. Maxwell
Hagerstown
Charles P. Staley
City of
Father fined after chain and beating case in Annapolis
Kirby Leon Twitty, 38, a Naval Academy employee, received a suspended year in the House of Correction and a 100 dollar fine plus 2 50 court costs after pleading guilty to assault and battery involving his 14 year old daughter Doris Joann. He admitted chaining her to a bed and whipping her with a leather strap for leaving home and “going on with hors in automobil.” Martha Twitty testified the girl had sassed her father on July 20 before the beating occurred. authorities said the girl was struck about a dozen times with a double thong feather strap.
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Annapolis
Kirby
Leon Twitty
House of Correction
Isis
Doris Joann
Twitty
Naval Academy
James G. Woodward
Hors
Martha Twitty
Dorisdeann
Higher Bread and Flour Prices Sought by Government
A recommendation for higher bread and flour prices will be submitted to OPA Administrator Porter tomorrow. The Price Decontrol Board announces hearings by August 12 on whether price ceilings should be reestablished on meats dairy grains and related products. The board aims to determine procedures and notify industry groups while urging restraint from contact to avoid delaying its first action by August 20.
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Washington
OPA
Paul Porter
Iitket
Patt Henings
Roy L. Thompson
Clinton P. Anderson
Thompson
Agriculture
Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
Beara
Magnuson Urges Probe of General Somervell
Senator Magnuson on the Senate floor urged the war investigating committee to probe General Brehon Somervell wartime head of the Army Service Forces. He accused Somervell of squandering nearly 300000 dollars of U S money amid secrecy surrounding the Alaska highway Canal oil projects. Senator Ferguson supported further inquiry into Col Theodore Wyman Jr tied to Hawaii before Pearl Harbor and possible wider findings.
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Washington
Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate
War Investigating Committee
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Megnuuson
Somervell
Congress
Ferguson
R-Mich
Mr. Wyman
Avall
Wyman
Canada
Hawaii
Col
Theodore Wyman, Jr
Pearl Harbor
Rand Tall To Sent To President
The House sent to President Truman a 53 000 000 000 GI Bill compromise bill amid bitter denunciation of bond payments. The measure allows bonds payable in five years with cashable options by next Congress, bearing an likeness of a Virginia senator and former treasury secretary. Bonds issued in denominations of 25 dollars, not negotiable, usable for fire insurance conversions or loan payments. The act also fixes a maximum furlough pay accrual of 60 days after August 31.
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Washington
Biter
House
Truman
G. I. Curlough
Senate
Congress
Carley Glass
Virginia
Atomic Control Issues Enlarged by Gramyko
Soviet Delegate Andrei Gromyko said at a closed UN committee meeting that benectrine energy questions have been greatly enlarged in importance and that true control requires cooperation of the United Nations. He spoke on Russia's proposed plan for harnessing atomic energy.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
Russia
UN Delegates Explore Peaceful Uses of Atomic Power
The United Nations press department released remarks on a three hour meeting where the science and technical committees were asked to produce a report on effective control of atomic power. Alexandre Prodi suggested this move. Gromyko stated Russia believes the Security Council should enforce the proposed control convention.
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Cherry
United Nations
Commission
Alexandre Prodi
Gromyko
Russia
Security Council
Ford Declines Bid To Attend UAW CIO Meeting
Ford Motor Co refused an invitation from Walter P. Reuther to a conference on boosting car production, citing ongoing supplier plant strikes. Henry Ford II urged the union to press for resumption of work at 16 plants supplying Ford, noting strikes threaten Ford operations. Kaiser-Fraser and Willys-Overland faced similar pressure.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Walter P.reuther
Uaw-Cio
Reuther
Henry Ford
Ford Co
Ford
Kaiser-Fraser Corp
Willys-Qverland Motors
Anti-Toxin Transferred In Mid Ocean
A passenger liner halted mid ocean to deliver emergency anti toxin to the Army troop ship Colby Victory amid a diphtheria outbreak among 1,009 replacement troops bound for Germany. One death reported. immunity may lag after vaccination. Coast Guard log notes Brazil carried serum to Colby Victory as medical supplies were air delivered to Argentia.
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Boston
GRI
Colby
Germany
New York Port of Embarkation
New York
Bremerhaven
Brazil
Cobh
Argentia
Colby Victory
Coast Guard
Army
George White Pleads Guilty in Highway Fatality Case
George White, 52, producer of theatrical Scandals, pleads guilty in Municipal Court to failure to stop and aid in the July 20 highway deaths of newlyweds Claude MecLester Lee and his wife near San Diego. Two manslaughter counts are dropped. bail set at 2500 while probation request is prepared for Superior Court.
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San Diego
Calif
George White
Liberty
White
Claude MecLester Lee
Santa Ana
Tijuana, Mex
Big Three auto makers respond to Reuther invitation
Inc has accepted the Reuther invitation while General Motors Chrysler and Ford, the industry’s big three, have not yet replied.
McKellar Seeks Sixth Senate Term in Tennessee Primary
Tennessee primary pits septuagenarian incumbent Kenneth D. McKellar against CIO PAC backed challenger Edward Ward Carmack. Carmack, 46, is the son of a former U S Senator slain decades ago. Crump machine support aids McKellar, who sits in Washington with long Crump ties as 300000 voters prepare to vote in statewide races.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kenneth D. McKeller
U. S. Senate
Ciopac
Tennessee
McKeller
Edward Ward Carmack
CIO Committee
U. S
Carmack
Tom Stewart
Wst
Shelby Comte
Edward @. Crump
Stewart
McKellar
Crump
Senate
Washington
Gordon Browning
Berlin
Army
Republican national chairman named amid senator race clashes
The vacancy left by Rep. B. Carroll Reece set the stage for a new Republican national chairman. At a state CIO convention, Jack Erorow, National Administrative Director of Sidney Hillman’s PAC, called McKellar a national issue and labeled him a leader of Southern reactionaries in Congress.
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B. Carroll Reece
Wien Jack Erorow
Sidney Hillman
Political Action Committee
McKellar
Congress
Pastures And Crops Show Improvement In Maryland
Maryland's pastures and most crops improved under rain last week though more precipitation needed in western areas. Blight threatens 40 percent of the 42 crop south to Emmitsburg, with tomato output near one billion pounds. Heavy losses expected in Wicomico Worcester and Somerset counties from 75 to 90 percent. cantaloupe and cucumber at risk from dawn mildew. Potatoes and peas show good progress. July conditions noted in Emmitsburg and Western Maryland. Hearing set August 5 in the Abbott case after admission of shooting Pansy Twige. Average man’s hair grows seven inches yearly.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Commerce Department
Cop
Emmitsburg
Wicomico
Worcester
Allegheny Mountain
Local draft board issues notices for pre induction exams
Local Draft Board II mailed five notices to eleven Countians, ages 19 to 30, to report within ten days for transportation to Fort Meade for pre induction physical examinations. Names include Kenneth Woodrow Grabiff, Richard Lease Holt zople, Glenn Franklin Bowers, Melvin Hedges Darrow, Charles Richard Smith, Leonard Grant Long, James William Gilbert, Amidabions Myersville, Harry Paul Ross, Walter LeRoy Biggus, and others.
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Fort George G Meade
Kenneth Woodrow Grabifl
Walkersville
Mt. Pleasant
Richard Lease Holtzople
Union Bridge
Glenn Tranklin Bowers
Ijamsville
Melvin Hedges Darrow
Rt. 3
Frederick
Charles Richard Smith
Leonard Grant Long
Rocky Ridge
Thornton
Rt. 1
Woodsboro
James William Gilbert
Amdabions
Myersville
Harry Paul Ross
Washington, D. C
Emmitsburg
Charles Bernard Muss
Urbana
Walter LeRoy Biggus
Colored
Oldfield
iMectagsly
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Market ST
Weil Brothers
Frederick, MD
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Hillside Motor Co
W. Partick St
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PAR Ahericah Friendshghs
Paul LL
Romsburg
WRMT
RUMAN
Socis Gas Economic Research Foundation
SER
Social and Eternivte Research Foundation
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West Patrick
Crisfield
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Ross J. Abbott
John 5. Holland
Evans
Abbott
Pansy
Lucille Twige
Dorothy Gray
Sux Womon
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Frederick Iron & Steel CO
John R. Fitzpatrick
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