City Bond Issue Said Before Meet
A prospective Frederick bond issue to fund a public improvement program was discussed in Baltimore with the law firm Niles Barton Yost and Dankmeyer. Mayor Donald B. Rice and City Attorney E Austin James signaled a special meeting next Tuesday to decide projects and bond amount with marketing planned for September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Baltimore
Niles, Barton, Yost
Dankmeyer
Donald B. Rice
E. Austin James
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Fishing Creek
Food prices drop says Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department reports declines in prices for frying chickens bacon lima beans tomatoes shortening and soaps. Mid July 1947 prices compared with mid July this year show sizable reductions in most items though iceberg lettuce and spinach rose sharply compared with a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
PMA
British Aries bomber leaves Alaska for England
Fairbanks Aug 4 a British four engine bomber flew from Iceland via the North Pole to Fairbanks and on toward Manby England with a crew of 10 and a British newspaperman aboard. Flight Commander T T Frogley said the return to base should take about 18 hours if conditions permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
Iceland
North Pole
Manby
England
Aries
T. T. Frogley
Keflavik
Frogley
Bola Wastes
Narcotics Ring Smashed in Montreal Big Bust
Royal Canadian Mounted Police report a major Montreal narcotics ring dismantled with five men arrested and $20,000 worth of narcotics seized. Two more arrests expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Frederick County Teachers Drop Winter Program Series
The Frederick County Teachers' Association will not sponsor a 1951 52 winter program series. Declining patronage over the past two years and ongoing red figures led to the decision. The program committee remains with Warren R. Evans as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Teachers’ Association
Warren R. Evans
Army Corporal Gets Six Month Sentence For Auto Use
An army corporal Lowell T. Legg of Fort Meade was sentenced to six months in the Maryland House of Correction after a magistrate found him guilty of unauthorized use of an automobile. The case involved James FE Stevens of Knoxville driving the car without a license and a collision causing $150 damage. Hartzog of Fort Meade testified Legg borrowed the car Wednesday and was intoxicated when stopped near Route 340. Stevens was fined $25 and costs for driving without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast
Maryland House of Correction
H. Reese Shoemaker, Jr
Peoples Court
D. A. Tucker
Route 340
Frederick
James FE. Stevens
Knoxville
Lowell T. Legg
Fort Meade
Tucker
James Hartzog
Hartzog
Legg
Baltimore
Shoemaker
Stevens
First 1951 Sugar Corn Canned Here
The first sugar corn of the 1951 season was canned in Frederick this week with a steady run expected later. Jenkins Bros., Colt and Dixon, and Adams Town plants begin operations early next week as Gaithersburg also packs corn. Migrant labor from the south helps in farming and plant work amid light spring rains and cooler forecasts. County Agent Shoe maker notes no corn borer damage yet. some dry county sections look poor while recent showers brought slight relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Jenkins Bros
Colt and Dixon Plant
Thomas and Company
Adamstown
Gaithersburg
Colt and Dixon
Henry R. Shoemaker
Baltimore
Washington
New Aerial Fire Truck Is Received
The Citizens Truck Company received a new aerial ladder fire truck, shipped from American LaFrance in Elmir, N Y, in a 70 plus foot box car. Babylon Warfield of Westminster arrived to supervise unloading at the Pennsylvania Railroad yards by East Patrick street. After testing and acceptance, the old ladder truck will be sold and stored at Strine's garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Truck Company
South Court Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Elmira
American LaFrance Company
Babylon Warfield
Westminster
Fire Engine Company
Frederick
Pennsylvania Yards
East Patrick Street
Strine
Montgomery Officer Arrest Follows Dismissed Charge
Paul W. Rice Jr. of Urbana faces a new Montgomery county charge after a false pretense case was dismissed in Peoples Court yesterday when a witness said a bad check had been made good and Rice had restitution for all previous bad checks. Deputy Murray served the warrant and Rice was turned over to Detective Gregg for processing. Magistrate Shoemaker dismissed the prior charge after testimony clarified the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoples Court
Paul W. Rice, Jr
Urbana
Montgomery County
Austin Murray
Rice
Det
Set. Gregg
H. Reese Shoemaker
Cadets Expelled At West Point Over Honor Code Breach
At West Point 90 cadets were ousted for cheating, shocking the corps but praised by some for exposing a fault in the honor system. The scandal, the Army football team impact, and a review process were noted as officials urged return and possible cashiering within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Military Academy
Academy
Hudson River
Army
James Leer
Corps of Cadets
Leer
West Point cadets ousted in major cheating scandal
Star West Point star Bob Blaik and other cadets denounce the academy for expelling 90 students over cribbing in exams. Blaik hints he may be among the affected, while coaches and cadets allege broader cheating by hundreds and criticize delayed parental notice and sworn denials.
County 4-H Members Head to State Club Week at Maryland
Frederick county 4-H delegation of 130 members sails Monday at 12 30 p m from East Church Street Extension Service offices to attend the 29th annual State Club Week at the University of Maryland. More than 1 000 participants will study dormitory life, dining hall meals, classes and assemblies while a Washington TV appearance showcases Urbana and Prospect style winners. A large group of All Stars and dozens of 4-H members from Frederick county are listed for College Park activities and state honors.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland
Extension Service
East Church Street
Evelyn Hutson
Roy Cassell
Wilson Rankles
Urbana
Foard Hood
Miss Hutson
Club Week
Ann Runkles
Washington
Mary Ann Barker
Unionville
Janet Hood
Prospect
College Park
Frederick County All Stars
Jean Adams
Star
Mary Jeanne Adamson
Oneda Albaugh
Regina Bassford
Middletown
W. A
Ruth R. Beachley
Romaine Brown
Mt. Pleasant
Jean Burrier
Mt Pleasant
Mary Ann Burrier
Doris Clem
Libertytown
Yvonne Clemson
Barbara Ifert
Doris Kehne
Dorothy Keller
Jefferson
Jean Keyser
Betty Kinna
Mr. Pleasant
Norma Koontz
Pat, Kettler
Walkersville
Dolly Lawson
Carole Ann Long
Joyce Long
Virginia Long
Creagerstown
Esther Ludy
Martha Ludy
Rachel Ludy
Myersville
Cosmic Ray Balloon May Circle The Globe
Baltimore reports a cosmic ray research balloon from the Navy may become the first pilotless craft to circle the globe. launched near the University of Minnesota it drifted eastward higher than planned and remained intact as currents carry it west to east, with officials cautious about its final fate.
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Baltimore
Braddock Heights
Frederick County
Defense Department
Navy
University of Minnesota
Air Force sergeants divorce suit over pregnancy claim
Staff Sergeant Roger Harkins of Olmstead Air Force Base Middletown Pennsylvania filed for equity court annulment of his marriage to Betty McLyman Harkins also at Olmstead. He says the pregnancy claim prompted the marriage and he doubts the pregnancy ever existed. The suit was filed by Mathias Mathias and Amos A Holter and later withdrawn in the libel case against the New York Medical Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Friday
Roger Hornsby Harkins
Olmstead Air Force Base
Middletown
Betty McLyman Harkins
Thurmont
Harkins
Mathias and
Mathias
Amos A. Holter
New York
Ted O'Thackrey
The
New York Compass
New York State Medical Society
Daily Worker
Lone easterners donate to Red Cross flood fund in Kansas City
A note from Mrs. M. F. Hughes of Mt. Kisco New York says her six year old son wants to help all the cowboys. The Red Cross flood relief fund in Kansas City received four dollars in her gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Red Cross
M. F. Hughes
Mt. Kisco
New York
Myittle
United Nations Eyes Korean Buffer Zone North of Front
A United Nations statement proposes a demilitarized buffer between the Yalu river and the current battle line. The release notes the line’s possible shift before an armistice and cites U N air and naval control up to the Yalu and Tumen rivers. Red delegates at Kaesong insist on the 38th parallel as the truce line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Supreme Allied Command
United Nations
Yalu River
Batlle
U. N
Air Force
William P. Nuckols
Korea
Yalu
Civil Information and Education Section
Allied General Headquarters
Russia
Red China
Naktong River
South Korea
ROK
Republic of
U. S. Eighth Army
Une
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Yangin River
Tumen
Anti Red Refugees Flee Across Baltic Stockholm
Four young Poles who escaped by plane from their Communist homeland seek permission to stay in Sweden. The group joins nearly 10,000 anti communist refugees who fled behind the iron curtain since 1945. Police question 12 Poles who brought a Polish minesweeper into Ystand port after mutiny. The refugee flow across the Baltic has become a permanent feature here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Ystand
Baltic
UN Troops Face Stubborn Red Resistance on Korean Front
United Nations forces on Korea’s western front west of Yonchon met stubborn resistance aided by mortar and artillery fire. On the central front UN troops repelled an enemy attack begun last night after 500 artillery rounds fired from 11:15 p m to 4:30 a m. The Reds withdrew at 6:55 a m. Elsewhere patrol activity was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Korea
United Nations
Eighth Army
Yonchon
U. N
Storm Warning From Miami Bureau on Atlantic Tropical Storm
The Minami Weather Bureau issued a storm advisory at 5 a m. indicating an Atlantic tropical storm centered at 5 a m near 31 7 N 60 9 W about 225 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. It moves north northwest at 20 to 22 mph with winds near 60 mph and gales 80 to 100 miles outward. Shipping north of the storm is advised to exercise caution.
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Miami
Fla
Minami Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Bermuda
Rotating Of Troops To Be Extended In Far East
The Army will extend its personnel rotation policy in Korea and the Far East to Sept. 1, covering all soldiers in the Far East command. Enlisted Korea veterans with six months in close combat and meeting requirements before June 1 may be returned home before Sept. 1. officers in the group will be rotated as soon as possible. Credit for combat time doubles months counted toward rotation. in Japan, service time is credited for soldiers with families, and transfers between units can be requested after two years, with combat soldiers eligible for Japan after six months.
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Kyo
Korea
United States
Far East
Bryan J. Milburn
Milburn
Japan
Peron Moves to Close Another Independent Paper in Argentina
Buenos Aires Aug 4 government radio attacked La Nacion the remaining major independent daily after La Prensa was closed. The report said La Nacion failed to denounce Aug 1 railway bombings while railway strike actions disrupted long distance service. Pro-Peron outlets pressed for discipline of La Nacion and La Prensa amid a broad strike and worker refusals to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
la Nacion
la Prenna
la Prensa
OPS Checks Prices Charged In Counties
Hugo R Hoff mann Maryland District Director for the Office of Price Stabilization announced an OPS survey across Maryland counties to verify compliance with Ceiling Price Regulation 7. The regulation covers shoes clothing radios and televisions household appliances and furnishings. Merchants must file pricing charts with the Maryland District Office at 306 West Franklin Street and tag merchandise with the correct price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Hugo R. Hoffmann
Maryland
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Mr. Hoffman
Hoffman
Maryland District Office
West Franklin Street
Flood kills man as Big Thompson floods Colorado
A man is dead with other fatalities expected as flood waters from the Big Thompson river and nearby streams flood northern Colorado. The Aug 4 report from Fort Collins notes collapse and rising water causing multiple casualties and damage across the region.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Big Thompson River
Colorado
Reds Refuse To Budge On Buffer Zone
U N advance headquarters reports Reds resist any move on a cease fire buffer zone along the 38th parallel in Korea. Talks in Kaesong end with no progress as negotiators differ on a demarcation line between the Yalu River area and Kaesong Pyongyang and the Yangtze River section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
Korea
38Th
Tokyo
Allied
United Nations
Yalu River
Batte
Air Force
William P. Nichols
Tolkya
Kaesong
I A. Im
Yalu
Pyongyang
Yang- In
Freak Rain Floods Washington City Streets
A freak storm dumped three quarters of an inch of rain in an hour in Washington, flooding streets and sweeping cars from parking spots. Winds up to 28 mph lashed the area with lightning, injuring and resuscitating residents, including Eva Booth and Thomas Hatton Jr, amid dramatic rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bethesda
Aler
5Th
Ingraham
Eva Booth
James J. McAuliffe
Booth
Thomas Bernard Hatton, Jr
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk's office for several property sales. Earl F. Hargett sold to Mary V. Carter and Grace C. Carter a new residence on West Seventh Street for about $13 000. James H. Falk sold five building lots on Jefferson Boulevard extended Braddock Heights for about $6 000. Lewis Elmer sold to J Harvey Gearhart near the Western Maryland Railway station at Blue Ridge Summit for about $5 500. James W. Powell Jr sold to James L. Davis a property on the road from Mountaindale to Frederick city reservoir in Lewistown district for about $4 000. Harvey C. Boone sold to Eleanor M. Miller a property at the intersection of Bartonsville Road and Boone Avenue in New Market district for about $3 000. Condition of Robert Albaugh of Detour injured in a train truck collision at New Midway was reported fair.
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Earl F. Hargett
Mary V. Carter
Grace C. Carter
West Seventh Street
James H. Falk
Henry A. West
Jefferson Boulevard
Braddock Heights
Lewis
Elmer
J. Harvey Gearhart
Western Maryland Railway
Blue Ridge Summit
James W. Powell, Jr
James L. Davis
Mountaindale
Frederick City Reservoir
Lewistown
Harvey C. Boone
Eleanor M. Miller
Bartonsville Road
Boone Avenue
New Market District
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Agriculture Department
Bhowaer, Pref
Irene
Ross Baltimore
James W. Brandon
Harrisburg
Columbus Bryant, Jr
East All Saints Street
Sergi Potts
Heffner
DeGrange
Shafffer
Montgomery
Geis County
Buckeystown Dam
Bob Blaik
N. Y
United States Military Academy Today
Young Blaik
Blaik
Newsmen
Earl H. Blaik
Mary Mackenzie
Shookstown
Johanna Magada
Ann Main
Dorothy Marker
Burkittsville
Dorothy McBride
Cyrus McBride
Middletown W. A
Janet McDevitt
Cynthia Metzger
Frances Montgomery
Dixie Moore
Doris Moore
Janet Moore
Braddock
Peggy Powell
Sarah Ramsburg
Kathleen Reeder
Barbara Remsberg
Betty Remsberg
Mary
Louise Shuff
Sheokstown
Charlotte Stiles
New Market
Evangeline Stull
Dorothy Swope
Barbara Thomas
Diana C. Thomas
Mary Jane Wilcom
Charlotte Wiles
Joyce V. M. Wiles
Virginia Lee Willis
Vivian Wolfe
Wolfsville
Mary Louise Young
Miriam Young
Grace Zecker
W.A
Shirley Zenti
James Baker
Union Bridge
Carroll Leatherman, Jr
Ervin Eisenhower
Selby Black
Lee Baltzell
Kenneth Reeder
Mac Remsberg
Wayne Willar
Paul Spurrier
Glenn Eaves
James Stull
Rocky Ridge
Mehrle Duvall
Rt. 3
Fred H. Beachley
Charles Gouker
Paul Lutz
Howard Degrange
Robert Zecher
Bill Remsberg
Carrollee Zecher
Burkittsvile
Richard Grossnickle
Harold Long
Richard Lay
Ansubinsht
Initio
Far East Command
Peron
Reds
Robert Albaugh
New Midway
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