Gambling Raids by Police in St Mary's County
Leonardtown August 2 more than 20 State Police conducted county wide gambling raids in St Marys County arrests were made in Lexington Park Hollywood and Mechanicsville Twenty four persons were taken into custody under leadership of Capt George E Davidson and state officials state police seized boxes of lottery slips two roulette and dice tables and a daily take exceeding five thousand dollars undercover operatives traced activity to gambling casinos in Great Mills and Lexington Park while two bookmaking houses were raided and several suspects questioned custody of prisoners strained the Leonardtown jail as arrests continued and authorities called in additional troopers to confront the gambling operation unsure if more arrests would follow.
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Leonardtown
St. Mary's
John H. P. Briscoe
George E. Davidson
State Police
Pikesville
Lexington Park
Hollywood
Mechanicsville
Davidson
M. E. Jackson
John H. Dowd
W. H. Weber
Calls For Registration Of Doctors Up To 45
Washington Aug 2 A bill to require doctors dentists and medical technicians up to age 45 to register with draft boards for possible induction in the armed forces was introduced in the House. Sponsored by Rep Saylor Pa the measure would amend the Selective Service Act creating a special medical classification to aid the armed forces with needed physicians and technicians. Those called would serve 21 months, same as other draftees. First to be called would be graduates of government funded Army and Navy medical training programs who never served on active duty. Next would be those who trained but served less than 21 months and finally doctors who did not receive government funded training but served under 90 days on active duty.
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Washington
Rep
Saylor
R-Pa
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Army
Navy
Court News Covers Marriages and Property Deeds
Court news lists marriage licenses for Charles Kline and Helen Cline in Monrovia, Frederick gravely notes annulment for Klipp and Summel, Sowers and Peaslee pairings, Grace and Beck in Frederick, Schlemmer and Hoff man in Zelienople, Haines and Hall, Hawley divorce, and several property deed transfers including Hausler to Hausler, Norris to Davis, Roop to Ecker, stortman to Furry, Wiles to Cook, Flook to Gouker, and Falk County Treasurer records.
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Charles Kline
Monrovia
Helen E. Cline
Frederick
Grayson Eugene Klipp
Alberta Vila Summel
East Sixth Street
William A. Sowers
Middletown
Roxie L. Peaslee
Jefferson
John R. Grace
New York City
Barbara J. Beck
Frederick L. Schl
James H. Falk
County
Treasur
VISHINSKY IN MOSCOW MOVE REPORTED AFTER WEST TRIP
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky, whose movements were a mystery, was said to have returned to Moscow from a two month stay in the west Bohemian spa Karlovy Vary. The report appeared from Prague on August 2.
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Vishinsky
Moscow
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Andrei Vishinsky
Montha
Mos Low
Bohemian
Karlovy Vary
Senate Finance Committee votes 1 tax on TVs and freezers
Washington August 2 The Senate Finance Committee approves a 1 tax on television sets and home freezers expected to raise 50 million annually. The panel also hikes slot machine taxes from 100 to 150 per unit and moves to fund President Truman’s emergency tax plan to widen federal revenue by about 5 billion for arms. The full Senate and House must approve before taxes take effect. Also noted are manpower table updates for draft boards and a polio outbreak reported in Virginia with new cases across Wythe County.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Sec
Retary of
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Earl
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Petty
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Chamber of Commerce
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Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Wytheville
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Virginia
State Health Department
Wythe County
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