Regulations Tighten Outdoor Carnivals in Frederick
The Frederick Board of Aldermen enacted strict health rules for circuses carnivals and similar mobile shows. Permits cost 25 dollars and require 100 dollars cash as a sanitary guarantee. Grounds must meet sewer and toilet standards with proper water treatment. violations carry 25 to 100 dollar fines or up to 90 days in jail.
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Frederick
Betty
Board of Aldermen
Frederick City
City Board of Health
Health Department
Arming Germans and Japanese debated in Congress
Washington discussions split along party lines over arming former adversaries to defend against communism. Senator Magnuson proposes voluntary enlistment of Japanese in the U S armed forces while others urge United Nations backed international police with German and Japanese units.
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Washington
Congress
Magnuson
D-Wash
Russell
D-Ga
Lodge
R-Mass
United States
United Nations
Pof
George D-Ga
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Korea
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Services Committee
Infestation Peak Reached By Beetles
The county reports the Japanese beetle infestation near peak, heavier than last year in many spots, with beetles lingering into August. Hot dry weather spurred swarms. spraying reduced damage where used, but many orchards and fruit trees suffered where not. Spore dust distribution is two thirds complete, with roadside DDT spraying finished and trap programs partially deployed across six stations.
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Daniel J. Thomas
Baker Park
Burkittsville
Urbana
Creagerstown
Emmitsburg
Jefferson
Bailey-Young Wedding At Thurmont At Noon
The marriage of Miss Jesse Bell Young of Baltimore and Mr Jennings Lawrence Bailey of Germantown occurred at noon in Thurmont Maryland. The ceremony was performed by Rev Oscar Treder in the Birelys home. Afterward the couple left for Hot Springs Virginia for a two week stay and will reside in Germantown Pa. The bride trained as a nurse at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore and the groom serves as Chief National Bank Examiner of the 3rd District based in Philadelphia.
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Jesse Bell Young
Baltimore
Robert. Maury Young
Petersburg
Jennings Lawrence Bailey
Germantown
Sarah B. Bailey
Henry Lawrence Bailey
M. Franklin Birely
Thurmont
Oscar F. R. Treder
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
National Bank
3Rd
Philadelphia
Pleasant Weekend In Sight Forecaster Says
The Weather Bureau forecasts one of the most pleasant weekends of the summer with cool highs in the low eighties and night temperatures around the high fifties. Traffic was heavy in downtown Frederick as motorists prepare for milder conditions through Sunday, with a warm-up expected Monday.
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Frederick
Attacked With Knives In Train Compartment
Five armed men, identified as anti-Tito Yugoslav refugees, tried to murder Yugoslav Commercial Attaché Vlara Mocnik in a Vienna Belgrade express train compartment. Austrian Interior Ministry announced the attack occurred last night during the Vienna to Belgrade journey.
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Vienna
Austria
Frederick County 4-H Club Week Heads to Maryland
One hundred eleven Frederick County 4-H members and leaders depart by chartered bus for the University of Maryland for the 28th annual state-wide club week. Boys and girls delegates total 111 with many named as pages hosts and helpers under district leaders and local club agents.
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Frederick County
University of Maryland
W. S. Wilson
Robert K. Bechtold
Mylo S. Downey
Dorothy Emerson
Frederick
Frances Montgomery
Urbana
Ruth Ramsburg
Lewistown
Barbara Thomas
Virginia Garst
Doris Roderick
Walkersville
Doris Barker
Unionville
Mary Louise Young
Middletown
Betty Wastler
Mary Wilcom
Jean Barrier
Mr. Pleasant
Ann Runkles
Johanna Magada
Prospect
Geraldine Geisbert
Ann Duvall
Janet Hood
Janet Beck
Betty Louise Remsberg
Patricia Shuff
Shookatown
Fivelyn Hutson
H. Bradley Jones
Evalene Lenhart
Cyrus McBride
Pauline Runkles
Henry Lakin
Arthur House
Jefferson
Paul Coblentz
Sharon Albaugh
Mt Pleasant
Gladys Beachey
Progressive
Nellie Buchanan
Doris Barkier
Charlotte Chick
Petersville
Yvonne Clemson
Mt. Pleasant
Janet Clevenger
Point of Rocks
Barbara Eaves
Adelaide Enfield
Joan Bury
Naomi Fraley
Creagerstown
JoAnn French
Shirley Geisbert
Freda Hagan
Roberta Hartsough
Bonnie Henson
Myersville
Dolores Hoffman
Shookstown
Ruth Ellen Ifert
Dorothy Keller
June Kelly
Norma Koontz
Patricia Kettler
Dolly Lawson
Mary Jane Leatherman
Martha Lady
Rachel Lady
Linda Magalis
Johanna Magaha
Janet McDevitt
Dorothy McBride
Wide-awake
Doris Moore
Braddock
Shirley Pearson
Peggy Powell
Ruth E. Ramsburg
Marybell Remsburg
Betty Rhoderick
Jeannette Rhoderick
Grace Zecker
Shirley Zentz
Thurmont
Jean Burrier
Roland Stup
Adamstown
Boyd Smith
Paul Clemson
James M. Stup
Ballenger
Joseph Free
Russell Long
Carroll Fraley
Harold Long
Richard Layman
Ervin Eisenhower II
James Baker
Paul Spurrier
Charles Ecker
Leroy Ecker
Liberty
Donald Huff
Arthur Rhoderick
Benny Dé@dderar
John Montgomery
Mehrle Remnaberg
Levi Lenhart
Dagobert Bowers
Clyde Cram
Wiliam Cramer
Clarence Crum
Aljen Shane
U S Chinese Talks Shape MacArthur Harriman Tour
Washington reports say the Tokyo conference between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and W. Averell Harriman aims to clarify U S policy toward Formosa amid the Korean crisis. Harriman travels to Tokyo while MacArthur backs defensive talks with Chiang Kai-shek, stressing Formosa neutralization and no direct US tie to Chiang. The approach seeks to prevent a Communist seizure and to keep final disposition to a peace settlement or the United Nations.
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Washington
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
MacArthur
Harriman
Formosa
United States
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chana
Taipei
Korea
State Department
White House
Chiang
Mr. Trumat
United Nations
Beauty Queen Barbara Floyd Tries Suicide After Spanking Incident
New Orleans beauty winner Barbara Jean Floyd 21, Miss New Orleans of 1948, attempted to kill herself after a March 1949 spanking humiliation by her former husband in a hotel lobby. Police say she was distraught over public laughter and claimed constant nagging by her mother. Floyd had married pilot George Cauthen in 1949. their reconciliation failed and the marriage was annulled in Miami.
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New Orleans
Barbara Jean Floyd
Edward Hermann
B. P. Floyd
Herman
Barbara Jean
George Cauthen
Cauthen
Miami
Condition Of Streams Monocary at Frederick Junction
Monocary clear at Frederick Junction and Potomac elcar at Point of Rocks as reported in local stream condition notes.
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Frederick Junction
Potomac
Point of Rocks
North Korean Forces Cross River Near Sangju
The report notes North Korean forces crossed the river near Sangju with no opposition. In local municipal finance, Frederick plans to retire about $90,000 in bonds this year, reducing bonded debt to roughly $2.21 million as improvements proceed cautiously to avoid new large bond issues.
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Sangju
Elmer F. Munshower
Frederick
Marines Fire On Each Other In Six Hour Korean Exchange
In Korea a six hour exchange of small arms fire among U S Marines left one dead and many moments of intense night fighting near a command post. Life photographer David Duncan and a reporter witnessed the action as Marines maintained a quiet, deadly barrage across ridges and gulches until dawn.
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Tom Lambert
U. S
David Duncan
Primaries Underway in Kentucky Statewide Voting
Louisville voters faced a light turnout as Democrats and Republicans held primaries to pick U S senatorial nominees for long and short terms, plus nine Congress candidates and four of the seven Court of Appeals judges. Chief interest centered on the Senate race with Gov. Earle Clements for Democrats and former federal judge Charlie Dawson for Republicans viewed as leading contenders.
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Louisville
Charlier JL Dawson
Frederick-Washington highway bridge contracts awarded
Two contracts totaling 252195 dollars for the Frederick Washington dual highway were awarded by the State Roads Commission. J Melvin Roberts won the Urbana Route 80 bridge bid at 131000 dollars, while Camden Construction Company secured the Bennett's Creek crossing for 121195 dollars. Grading and paving to follow under separate contracts.
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Frederick-Washington
State Roads Commission
Urbana
J. Melvin Roberts
Cockeysville
Bennett's Creek
Urbanrk
Hyattstown
Camden Construction Company
Baltimore
Buckeystown
Bennetts Creek
Washington National Pike
Six Youths Charged With Arson In Two Farm Fires
Towson August 5 six youths were charged with arson for setting fires that destroyed a hay barracks on Mrs Leonard Marshall Brutons farm and a dairy barn owned by Herschel Allen. The suspects are George H Kozak Edmund Burke Moore Raymond L Sison Homer Heacock Leonard M Pike and John C Chenowith.
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Towson
Dulaney Valley
George H Kozak
Edmund Burke Moore
Baltimore
Homer Heacock
Leonard M. Pike
Monkton
John C. Chenowith
Pharnix
Baltimore County
Moore
Heacock
Rosa Ponselle Seeks Absolute Divorce From Jackson
Baltimore report of former opera star Rosa Ponselle testifying that her husband Carles Jackson announced he was leaving her during a dinner gathering. She seeks an absolute divorce and her maiden name, with a decree not granted before Aug 17 after a 30 day filing. Also notes past marriage in New York 1918 and absence of children.
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Baltimore
Rosa Fonselle
Rosa
At &20
Carles Jackson
Batimore
US Air Force plans armed trainer planes in Korea
In Korea on Aug 5, pilots Capt. C. F. Brown and Lt Warne Upell armed a T-6 trainer with a 45 caliber pistol and flew over Reds six times, prompting Maj. Gen. Earl Partridge to authorize arming observation planes with machine guns. The aim is to disrupt ground forces and force Reds from hiding. the success with pistols spurred consideration of 30 caliber tanker machine guns.
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Air Force
Korea
C. F. Brown
Tampa
Mla
Warne Upell
St. Clair Shores
Mich
Earl BE. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
Imore
Senate panel slips from Truman tax plan on new $5 billion levy
Washington August 4 Congress debates how to raise the $5 billion in new revenue sought by President Truman. Senate Finance Committee veers from administration lines, endorsing about $148 million in revenue increases while discarding House proposals for extra corporate dividend withholding and other measures. The panel may cut back on potential levies on individuals and corporations and focuses on ending the practice of film producers using corporate shells to dodge higher income taxes.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
White House
House
Inter
Secret Explosives And Plane Go Up In Flames
A twin engine Marine transport C-48 crashed in heavy fog near Oklahoma City and disintegrated after six crewmen escaped. Loaded with secret explosives, the plane struck the earth on its belly near Tinker AFB, triggering violent explosions and fire that drew thousands as road blocks went up. Maj. L. W. Wright confirmed the route from Cherry Point North Carolina to Moffitt Field California en route for a fuel stop.
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Oklahoma City
Here
Tinker Air Force Base
Maj
L. W. Wright
Tinker Public Information Officer
Cherry Point
N. C
Moffit Field
Calif
Groom Killed Bride Critical In Plane Crash Near Greensburg
Greensburg Pennsylvania August report: Guzzo 23 and bride Phyllis Pushkar 20 wed last Saturday planned to honeymoon by air. Guzzo died after a light plane crashed on a mountainside 18 miles southeast of Greensburg. Bride in Mount Pleasant Hospital with possible skull fracture. They had toured the East and stopped to visit a farmer relative. The crash happened shortly after takeoff from a farm field.
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Greensburg
Angelo Guzzo
Guzzo
Phyllis Pushkar
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Canonsburg
Third Major Threat For Defenders
North Korean forces crossed the Naktong river near Sangju, threatening allied lines as the Reds mass three divisions for attacks east and southeast of Sangju and near Waregwan. U.S. planes hit an armored force west of the Naktong while artillery shelling targeted enemy trucks and troops.
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Tokyo
Naktong River
Sangju
Eighth Army
Naktong
Waregwan
Sangyu
U.S
Taegu
Chinju
Pusan
U. 5S
Associated Press
Geil Erickson
Waegwan
MacArthur
Inchon
Seoul
Kenneth J. Appel
Milwaukee
W U. S
U. S. Eighth Army
35Th
U. S. 25Th Division
Masan
Kumchon
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Rosa Ponselle
Max Kehne
Magnolia Avenue
Fourth Street Pike
East Fourth Street
East Street
Ili
Albert D. Esworthy
Arry
Frederick Memorial Hospital
United Rescue Squad
Louis
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
St Loui
Emily W. Allison
Rolla
Hennings
Chen
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