Nearly Three Inches Of Rain Falls In Frederick County
A heavy rainstorm drenched Frederick County overnight, dropping about 2.25 inches in the city and up to 3 inches nearby in a 12 hour span. Minor high water on Route 40 near Wertheimer farm and Route 15 near Harmony Grove occurred, with 19 serious flash floods reported and some bridge repairs on a small bridge near Licksville. Roads crews aided by dusk, Potomac and creeks rose but stayed within banks. overall damage limited to mud on some highways and no washouts. The storm moved from the northeast, with thunder, lightning and continued light rain into the morning. temperatures rose into the 60s and a warmer day was forecast.
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Middletown
Veterans added at Paris take over Athens Tenn
In Athens Tennessee armed GIs patrolled streets after a six hour siege that ended with deputies surrendering and GI electees to run county government. Six men were seriously wounded and a dozen more hurt as gunfire and blasts blasted the McMinn county jail. The GI ticket claimed victory and promised to govern starting September 1 with guards in place and ballot boxes secured.
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Marines killed in convoy near Pieping China named
Washington Aug 2 The Marine Corps announced the three Marines killed by gunfire in a convoy 35 miles southeast of Pieping China were Second Lieut Douglas A Cawin Ann Arbor Mich Corp Gilbert B Tate San Diego Calif Pie Lawrence F Punch Manchester The seriously wounded included Pfe Andrew R Kreitzer Mechanicsburg Pa The other wounded were Pfe Walter L Wright Gastonia NC Pie Salvatore Sorentino Clairton Pa Pvt Earl B Thompson Jr Greenville Pa Corp William A Pry Jr Breenton Tenn Pvt Harry L Green Jr Ardsley Pa Horse Drugged Baltimore Aug 2 George P Mahoney chairman Maryland Racing Commission said reports showed a horse entered as All Flo at Bel Air racetrack had been drugged but the commission could not act.
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Greenville
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Breeton
Tenn
Harry L. Green, Jr
Ardsley
Baltimore
George P. Mahoney
Maryland Racing Commission
Bel Air Racetrack
Huge Lumber Yard Fire Roars Through Suburban Yard
Detroit August 2 wartime era reports a massive eleven acre lumber yard blaze in River Rouge with more than 100 firefighters from Detroit River Rouge and Ecorse battling a two and a half hour five alarm fire. Seventy carloads of lumber nine buildings and a truck were destroyed. No workers were injured.
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May Be A Nickel If Truman Signs Airmail Stamp Bill
Washington August 2 Congress sent President Truman a bill to buy an airmail stamp and the White House awaits his signature as the government contemplates the nickel stamp plan.
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United States complains of Hungary ruin under Soviet occupation
London reports Moscow rejects as completely groundless the American charge that Hungary's economy is being ruined by Soviet occupation policies. The Aug. 2 dispatch notes Hungary remains under Soviet influence despite US objections.
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Extended Mid Atlantic Forecast Through August First
Warm weekend followed by scattered showers or thundershowers and cooler early next week. Temperature rising midweek with mean values normal to slightly above normal. Total rainfall expected from a quarter to one half inch.
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McKellar Wins Tennessee Democratic Nomination for Sixth Term
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar secured renomination in Tennessee's statewide primary, defeating Carmack 189,790 to 190,578 with strong Shelby County support and Crump organization backing. Governor Jim Nance McCord also won renomination on a Crump coalition ticket, defeating Gordon Browning 155,543 to 101,048 as Browning campaigned while serving in Germany.
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Washington
Edward H. Crump
Shelby County
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McKellar
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John R. Neal
Herman H. Toss
Jim Nance McCord
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McCord
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Browning
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Germany
Expect More China Clashes Rise in US China tensions
Peiping reports officials say the United States could face more clashes as China’s Communists press an anti American campaign after the ambush of a US Marine convoy and the earlier kidnapping of seven Marines who were later released. Tsai Ken Tchih predicts further incidents to force American withdrawal while a police official cites orders to clash with US forces. Senator Wheeler quits reelection to avoid a political hot spot.
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Defend Kilian and U S Army Guardhouse Brim dispute
In Bad Nauheim Germany four junior officers testified Kilian was strict but not brutal. In Burbank California an Army B-29 Superfortress set a new east to west speed record. A man guarding deputies in a jail block described the riot that followed a disputed county election and a break from a polling place.
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Jackson Returns From Nurnberg Refuses Bench Talk
Associate Justice Robert Jackson arrived at National Airport from Nurnberg and declined to discuss resuming duties on the Supreme Court. He said he would comment only on the war crimes prosecution, and noted return timing depends on events in Germany.
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Trend predicts GOP control in House and maybe Senate
Salt Lake City August 2 Publican National Chairman Cars roll Reece said the Senate probe of war profits created a bad odor around the administration. He spoke to 11 western state party chairmen and candidates, citing the May incident and a Midwest munition deal as fueling a three C’s trend control confusion corruption with potential addition of communism. He warned radicals have infiltrated high government circles.
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Taxi Collision Injures Passenger at Market and Thin
Miss M Cen eva Leinbach of Hood College sustained a minor arm cut and shock when a taxicab was struck by a southbound car at Market and Thin streets. The other driver Lieut Harvey M Bender ran a red light. he forfeited 52 50 collateral. Damages were adjusted.
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M. Ceneva Leinbach
Hood College
Harry Phillips
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War Trial Verdict Possible September 2
A member of the Allied prosecution staff said the war crimes trials against 22 high ranking Germans might end by Aug. 15 and a verdict was possible on Sept. 2. The case includes Herman Goering Joachim von Ribbentrop Rudolf Hess and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel. The tribunal is hearing prosecution summaries against seven Nazi organizations.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rudolf Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
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Turkey theft at East Fifth Street yard
Police report a thief entered the yard at 117 East Fifth Street during the night and stole three half grown turkeys. The intruder left by the old enlarged cemetery behind the property.
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VETO ALMED Washington Nation News Briefs
The House sustained President Truman's veto on the sidelenis bill killing the resissation. Truman signed a law approving a 2 500 pay bump for members as part of overhauling congressional machinery. A federal suit challenges Georgia county rules blocking Eugene Talmadge's fourth-term nomination. The Senate accepted compromise Social Security legislation freezing the old age tax rate for the next year. A senator states there is no command unity at Pearl Harbor, noting defense organization remained as on Dec 7 1941.
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Five Injured In Explosion At Terre Haute Plant
Five men were injured, two seriously, in an explosion at the Commercial Solvents Corporation plant in Terre Haute Indiana early today. The blast wrecked part of the building, twelve workers were inside when it occurred at 4:5 a.m. seven escaped unhurt. Fire followed but was controlled after about two hours. The plant makes and freezes solutions.
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Arigin
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Maynard Wheeler
Wheeler
Boston
Gold Seal Corporation
Negro Admits Murder and Rape in Long Island Case
Ward Beecher Caraway a 23 year old ballet and chauffeur confessed to the murder of socially prominent Mrs. Marjory Churesh Logan 62 and to raping and shooting her daughter Marjory Jean 26 last July 24 at their Flower Hill home on Long Island's north shore. He had previously denied the charges before a night of questioning led to the admission, after being identified by Miss Lofan.
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Baltimore Surgeon Named Medical Director for Blue Cross
Dr. Richard Kiefer of Baltimore was appointed medical director of the Associated Hospital Service Blue Cross and will also lead a forthcoming medical care program. He has practiced in Maryland since 1919, served in both World Wars, and will recruit physicians for the plan as Maryland lawmakers extend Blue Cross to medical care.
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Selerive Service Medical Board
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Johns Hopkins University
Bus Crash Leaves Sixty Hurt on Memorial Bridge
Washington August 2 an estimated sixty persons were injured today when a bus from Arlington Va swerved into the bridge railing on Memorial Bridge near the Lincoln Memorial. The bus plunged onto a driveway about 30 feet below and teetered before dropping into the Potomac River area as morning traffic neared peak rush hour. An ambulance responding to the scene was involved in a separate collision en route to a hospital.
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Britain For Both Plans Fusion of atomic energy controls urged
London Aug 2 Prime Minister of State Philip Noel-Baker announced Parliament that Britain accepts both the U S and Russian plans for atomic energy control and that divergent ideas should be fused into a single scheme He noted the American Baruch plan and the Soviet proposal do not conflict and praised the US move as a revolutionary step in international affairs
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Compensation Board To Scrutinize Claims
Baltimore August 2 The Maryland Unemployment Compensation board said it will closely review all claimants status and hire three full time investigators with salaries from 2280 to 2850. Walter D Owens said the three men are not yet appointed but will join the staff. A staff survey is completed and a report will go to Chairman Russell S Davis in a few days.
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Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board
Walter D. Owens
Paul Morseberger
Stephen Cromwell
UCB
Owens
Russell S. Davis
Unemployment Compensation Board
Loaned May $9,000 to May by Garsson details emerge
Washington reports that Elyisha Walker, senior partner of Kuln Loeb, said in 1941 he lent $5,000 to Rep Andrew J May at the urging of munitions figure Murray Garsson. May agreed the loan was an accommodation to Garsson, and repayment has not occurred. Walker says he discussed the matter with Senator Mead and Garsson to inform the Senate War Investigating Committee.
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Kuln-Loeb
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Murray Garsson
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Mead
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