Widen North Bentz Lane to Prepare One Way Traffic
The Board of Aldermen authorized City Engineer W Raymond Walter to widen the northbound lane on North Bentz from Fourth to Seventh Street to allow two 12 foot lanes and a 10 foot parking strip. Plans include converting Bentz and Market into one way streets and adjusting surrounding streets. State Roads Commission approved the project and tree trimming along Motter Avenue will ensure 15 foot vertical clearance.
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Board of Aldermen
W. Raymond Walter
Bentz Street
Fourth
Seventh Street
Market Street
Patrick Street
South Street
Seventh
State Roads Commission
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Commission
Motter Avenue
Ninth Streets
Matter Avenue
Bentz
Donald B. Rice
George N. Lewis, Jr
Belitz Street
Fourth Street
Calvary Street
Rockwell Terrace
Third Street
Rice
East South Street
Wisner Street
Taffic
Minister And Wife On Honeymoon Are Hurt
Waynesboro Pennsylvania August 3 A newly married pastor and his wife were seriously injured when their automobile crashed into a tree at a street intersection. Rev Paul D Woodbury Jr 27 pastor of the Methodist Church Bedford Maryland and Mrs Minnie Highsmith Woodbury 23 formerly of Baltimore were taken to Waynesboro Hospital. Woodbury suffered brain concussion fractured pelvis and dislocated right hip. His wife suffered a fractured right ankle and cuts and bruises. The couple married July 25 in Baltimore.
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Waynesboro
Paul D. Woodbury, Jr
The
Methodist Church
Bedford
Minnie Highsmith Woodbury
Baltimore
Waynesboro Hospital
Woodbury
Dog Days End For 100 Stray Dogs In July
City Engineer W R Waler reported that 111 dogs were disposed of at the incinerator in July and 11 cats also died after being picked up by the dog catcher. The figures, while notable, set no record. One day saw 33 dogs killed.
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W. Raymond Waler
Waller
Four Admit Vandalism In West Maryland
Westernport youths admit a string of train derailments and powder magazine explosions. Four teens from Westernport signed statements admitting involvement in at least nine acts of vandalism, including the Harris Powder Co. magazine arson on December 28. One defendant, 18-year-old William D. Taylor, is already serving a three year Maryland Reformatory sentence.
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Cumberland
Paul M. Fletcher
Westernport
William D.taylor
Maryland Reformatory
Fletcher
Taylor
Allegany County
Harris Powder Co
Four Bodies Found in Queens House in Triple Slaying
Police found four people dead in a Jamaica Queens residence at 107 47 160th Street in a case described as a triple slaying and possible self harm. Two women and a man were found in a bedroom, another man dead elsewhere in the dwelling. Neighbors reported hearing a quarrel, screams, and gunfire before a woman fled. Identification of the victims was pending.
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New York
Jamaica
Queens
160Th Street
British Cabinet Mission Sets Out For Oil Talks Resumption
Britain announces its cabinet mission will leave at 4 pm to press Iran on the oil nationalization dispute. Led by Lord Stokes, the mission aims to restart negotiations after Truman envoy Harriman’s recent Tehran and London talks.
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London
Britain
Iran
Richard R. Stokes
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Tehran
Harriman
Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Stokes
Abadan
Bagher Kazemi
George Middleton
Police Rescue Russian Attacked By Pickets
Police had to rescue a Russian on Park Avenue in New York last night after he was jostled and thumped by pickets marching in front of the Soviet Union’s United Nations building. He emerged with two others and reached a waiting car before being intercepted. The two other men drove off. No identities are given.
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New York
Park Avenue d
Soviet Union
United Nations
Diplomatic Transfer Details Aired by State Department
Washington reports Ambassador William O Dwyer transferred 1 000 000 from Mexico to New York in a transaction between Mexican and U S governments. London dispatch notes Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip accepted Truman visit invitations for Washington October 24 to 26.
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Washington
State Department
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
New York
U. S
Truman
London
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
President Truman
Loitering charge filed against Andrew Sims in Tramsville
Andrew Sims, a colored man, was charged with loitering on the street by Sergt Potts and Officers Bender and Boost. He was held under $5 bond plus costs last night.
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Andrew Sims
Tramsville
Sergt. Potts
Bender
Boost
Market Falters After Brief Rally in New York
New York on August 3 saw a faltering stock market as it attempted to extend gains from the prior two sessions but met with limited success and little further advance.
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New York
Marriage Faces Its Last Hurdle
Claire Young, 21, daughter of a Chicago Loyola professor, fights Italian and Washington hurdles to wed Luciano Negrini, a former priest. After jail for slapping a policeman and Negrini’s Vatican excommunication, a Vatican decision and U.S. citizenship status loom before a planned marriage in Italy. Clair e seeks consular oath to marry. psychiatrists deem her sane. mother questions her rationality.
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Milan
Waly
Claire Young
Claire
Chicago
Loyola University
Italy
Washington
Luciano Negrini
U.S
Illinois
Negrini
Vatican
Giuseppe Mastrangelo
Eileen Brady Young
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware Area
Five day outlook shows fair conditions with cooler, less humid weekend. Warmer start to next week with scattered showers mainly Tuesday. Cooler by midweek with temperatures near or slightly below normal. highs mostly in the mid to upper 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s across the Delmar region.
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Maryland
Delaware
Delmar Peninsula
Three Youths Held For Local Thefts In Maryland County
Three county youths, two juveniles on probation from the Maryland Training School, are in custody after sheriff and state police linked them to several thefts in recent weeks. Morris Michael Hejer, 18, of near Creagerstown, faces larceny and operating a vehicle with an unlicensed driver. A second juvenile was captured this morning and another earlier, tied to the Isanogie quarry thefts of steel road forms later found at junk yards. The investigation began after Raymond Stull reported lanterns and other items in his wheat field.
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Taylor
George Henderson
C. R. Cobb
West Virginia Fire Marshals’ Office
Westernport
Fletcher
Western Maryland Railroad
Luke
Hampshire Coal Co
Maryland
Harris Magazine
Harris Company
Allegany County
Westernport Gang
Panhandle
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Junion
Sheriff's Office
Maryland Training School
R. Paul Buhrman
Morris Micheal Hejer
Creagerstown
Raymond Stull
Lewistown
Wheat
Buhrman
Heier
Kenneth D. Bond
L. R. Waesche and Son Contracting Company
Isanogie
Stull Field
Cases Set For Trial Here On Tuesday
Criminal informations filed by State's Attorney Charles A Price accuse James W Kegley and his brother in law Jackson Faulkner of multiple cattle thefts totaling 1195 dollars. Kegley faces five counts and Faulkner three as trials are scheduled Tuesday morning in Circuit Court.
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Charles A. Price
James W. Kegley
Adamstown
Jackson Faulkner
Westminster
Kegley
Faulkner
Earl Page
Joseph Harris
Dickerson
Homer Benn
Doubs
William Ewing, Jr
Number Of New Polio Cases Up 26 Per Cent
Washington Aug 3 The Public Health Service reports 983 new polio cases in the week up from 773 prior week and 592 the week ending July 14 This is the first time in 12 weeks the weekly total surpassed the same period last year Total cases since last March reach 4393 versus 4842 a year ago The west north central states show a 60 percent weekly rise with Minnesota up from six to twenty and Kansas from nine to twenty four
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Washington
Public Health Service
West North Central
Minnesota
Kansas
Campaign Committee Reports On Butler and Tydings
A Senate subcommittee denounces as a back street campaign the Butler bid against Millard Tydings while noting two campaigns within one. It criticizes a Browder photo and a tabloid, cites McCarthy staff involvement, and says Butler was negligent in implied responsibilities though no action is recommended.
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Washington
Senate
John Marshall Buter
Butler
Millard Tydings
Senate Rules Committee
Tydings
Les
Subcommittee
Back Street
Maryland
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Jon M. Jonkel
Jonkel
Baltimore
Gillette Dial
Monroney
D-Okta
Hennings
D-Me
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Hendrickson
R-Nj
Gillette
Senator McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Senator Tydings
Wright Predicts Southern Democrats Will BolT From Truman Ticket
Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright, former 1948 states rights VP candidate, says Southern Democrats will bolt the national party again rather than accept President Truman as the 1952 party nominee. He criticizes Truman's centralizing, socialistic program and doubts the South would back reelection under any conditions. Wright spoke from Jackson in a telephone interview after delivering an earlier speech.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Truman
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
Wright
South
Jackson
Decree Grants Ellie L Thomas Absolute Divorce
In Equity Court a decree grants Mrs Ellie L Thomas of 210 West Patrick Street an absolute divorce from Giles L Thomas of Marietta Georgia. The plaintiff may resume her maiden name Ellie Logan Carruthers and she must pay court costs. Representation was by E Austin James.
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Equity Court
Ellie L. Thomas
West Patrick Street
Giles L. Thomas
Marrietta, Ga
Ellie Logan Carruthers
E. Austin James
West Point Cadets Discharged for Conduct Violations
The Army discharged 90 cadets from the U S Military Academy for violating the code of conduct. Secretary Pace approved the action based on a special board headed by Gen J Lawton Collins and including Judge Learned Hand and Lt Gen Troy Middleton. The board’s recommendation was unanimous.
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Washington
Army Today
U. S. Military Academy
Army
Louisiana State University
Robert M. Danford
West Point Graduates Association
Collins
Escape From Poland Into Sweden
Poles escape from Red Poland in a homemade aircraft landing at Bulltofta airport near Malmoe Sweden. The four refugees include three men and a woman, fleeing after a mutiny aboard a Polish minesweeper and a gunfight at Poznan. They reached a refugee camp in Sweden with firearms, later reporting a Baltic crossing and eluding a Soviet air chase.
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Stockholm
Bulltofta
Malmoe
Sweden
Red Poland
Mamoe
Poznan
Baltic
Ystad
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Russia
Poland
McCarran Warns of Asia Conspiracy News
Senator McCarran said hearings by his internal Security subcommittee would expose a Communist conspiracy to take all of Asia. He claimed the conspiracy has operated before and persists today, using Americans to weaken resolve to resist communism. Massing testified she recruited Field and Duggan in 1933 34, linking to Alger Hiss and Eisler, with Field later vanished and Duggan died in 1948.
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Washington
McCarran
D-New
Internal Security Subcommittee
Asia
Subcommittee
Hiede Massing
Noel Field
Lawrence Duggan
Field
Duggan
State Department
New York
Massing
Gerhardt Eisler
Alger Hiss
Wage Board Recommends Flight Wage Increases
Washington reporters note the Wage Stabilization Board on August 3 unanimously urged allowing cost of living based wage increases for all workers as part of the flying wage policy.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Pledge Demanded From Communists In Korean Armistice Talks
Allied delegates report no progress in eighth session as they demand that the Communists guarantee no troops planes or ships enter during any armistice. U N. and Communist leaders spar over cease fire lines and the balance of power along the 38th parallel amid daily shelling and air sorties.
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U.N
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Joy
William P. Nuckols
U. N
United Nations Command
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Nam Tl
Imjin
West
Central
East Korea
Red
Peiping
Pyongyang
Nuckols
Nam
3 Local Vets Back From War
A large unit of Army veterans returning from Korea arrived in Seattle aboard the Navy transport General Meigs. Among 101 Maryland men named include Pfc Charles W. Gilbert and Cpl Robert T. Reed from Maryland towns. most will take 30 day furloughs before reassignment in the United States.
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Seattle
Korea
Maryland
Navy
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