Markey Trophy Presented to Frederick's Company A
At Indiana Gap Pennsylvania on July 31 the 29th Division’s Frederick's Company A received the D John Markey Trophy for superior training. Troops trained with 60 mm mortars 57 mm recoilless rifles and 35 inch rocket launchers while field maneuvers and demonstrations highlighted patrolling and a trained scout dog. A camp review by Gen D John Markey capped a demanding two week training period with emphasis on combat tactics and readiness.
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Frederick
Hgt Dor Pest
D John Markey
Two Marylanders Killed Crossing WV Road
Martinsburg West Virginia July 31 two Marylanders were killed when a car struck them as they crossed Route 45 to enter a tavern. Joxee Elizabeth Bable 21 of Clear Spring and John Vernon Shipley 21 of Hagerstown died at the scene. Richard Lee Koontz 18 of Greencastle Pa. was charged with negligent homicide. A coroner's jury will hear the case tomorrow at 9 am.
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W Va
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Here
Russell Pitzer
Elizabeth Eable
Clear Spring
John Vernon
Shipley
Hagers' Town
Hichard Lee Koontz
Greencastle
Koons
Holstein Field Day Set For Tuesday At Fairgrounds
Twenty two 4-H clubs from Montgomery and Frederick counties enter a record 225 Holstein cattle for judging at 10 o clock Tuesday at the Western Maryland fairgrounds. Sixty seven of the 92 exhibitors are 4-H boys and girls seeking ribbons. committee members Homer Remsberg Henry R Shoemaker and A Doty Remsberg oversee the event.
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Frederick
Paul B Muisner
Langhorne
Homer Remsberg
Henry R Shoemaker
Doty Remsberg J
Maryland Hollstein Association
Maryland State ‘Pay Board
Frederick and
Allot Vaccine To The States Amid Polio Program
The Public Health Service announced the first allocation of Salk polio vaccine to states for distribution through public agencies and private channels. 845,000 doses were apportioned with further batches based on child population ages five to nine. States will determine shares to public agencies and manufacturers, while physicians will vaccinate children in the five to nine age group as priority. Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee received specified quantities. A separate Calais report notes Canadian pilot Jean de la Bruyere crossing the English Channel.
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The
Public Health Service
Health Service
National
Foundation For
National Polio Foundation
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Medical Assn
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Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
French aviator repeats Bleriot feat across channel
De La Bruyere piloted a replica of Louis Bleriot’s historic monoplane, completing a round trip of about 40 miles in roughly 1 hour 40 minutes. The attempt echoes Bleriot’s first Channel crossing 46 years earlier, but with the English landing noted.
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Louis Bleriot
Blac
de la Bruyere
Bleriot
Plare
England
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