Motor Parkway Along Old Canal Favored By U S
Washington August 8 Interior Department recommended building a motor parkway along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Great Falls to Cumberland Maryland using canal grade to cut cost. The plan requires widening the right of way for up to 2500 vehicles daily and Maryland to convey about 11 900 acres. The parkway would connect Harpers Ferry and Point of Rocks aiding recreation and access to the federal park system.
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Washington
Interior Department
Congress
Great Falls
Cumberland
Dale E. Doty
Maryland
House Public Lands
Beall
Paw Paw
United States
Atomic Powered Sub To Be Built By U S
President Truman signed a 350 million Navy shipbuilding bill authorizing the United States first atomic powered submarine along with experimental small craft, cruiser conversion to a guided missile ship, and modernization or new construction of 112 vessels. The program aims to boost anti submarine strike power and harbor defense with 130 million for new builds and 40 million for a 2 500 ton atomic project.
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Washington
Truman
State Auditor Refuses Payments for Interstate Commissions
West Virginia State Auditor Edger B. Sims rejects $3,400 for the Potomac River Basin Interstate Commission share this year. It is the third rejection of 1249 Legislature appropriations, following earlier refusals of $2,250 to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission and $6,000 to the council of state governments. The decisions will be appealed to the West Virginia Supreme Court.
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Charleston
W. Va
Edger B. Sims
West Virginia
Potomac River Basin Interstate Commission
Ohio River Valley | Water Sanitation Commission
West Virginia Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Sims
Council of State Governments
Carl M. Frasure
West Virgina
N. H. Dyer
Potomac Basin
Field Day Silver Trophies Awarded by Western Maryland Guernsey Show
Silver trophies were awarded at the Western Maryland Guernsey field day held at Hagerstown fairgrounds. Breeders from Frederick, Washington and Carroll counties exhibited 4128 head as judges Culver and Centreville named champions in multiple classes including junior and senior bulls and cows. Winners featured Fred C Downey, J Herbert Snyder, John H Hull, Annie J Brandenburg and Son, plus 4-H fitting winner J Resley Schnebley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie J. Brandenburg
Middletown
J. Resley Schnebley
Clearspring
Annie J. Brandenburg and
Adamstown
John Chambers
Westminster
C. C. C. Thomas
Fred C. Downey
H M.mcelwee
Hagerstown
John H. Hull
Wheaton youth jailed for smashing shop windows before army
Thomas Nichols 19 of Wheaton was sentenced to one year in the Maryland Reformatory for smashing 28 windows at the Wheaton shopping center just before his army enlistment. Trial Magistrate William B Wheeler also ordered 90 days concurrent with the term. Nichols claimed innocence and said he was in Washington seeking narcotics when the act occurred.
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Silver Spring
Thomas Nichols
Wheaton
Maryland Reformatory
Nichols
Reformatory
William #8
Wheeler
Washington
Kiwanis Club Screens Pacific Northwest Vacation Scenes
At the Kiwanis weekly luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel a travelogue style program showcased Pacific Northwest vacation scenes. Amos A Holter, the program chairman, organized the viewing featuring Yellow Stone Park, the Rockies and Cascades, Grand Coulee Dam, Spokane, Seattle, and Takoma in Washington, with John Ro Cheatham presiding with the vice president.
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Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Pacific Northwest
Milwaukee
Rairoad
Amos A Holter
Sernex
Yellowstone Park
Rocky and
Cascade Mountains
Grand Coulee Dam
Spokane
Seattle
Takoma
Washington
John Ro Cheatham
Home Guard proposed to replace National Guard units
Major General Milton A. Reckord urged Congress to approve a state home defense force to replace active National Guard units. He stated recruiting plans were submitted to the Defense Department while noting attendance by Honor Guard figures and visiting guests from Norfolk and Hot Springs at a Frederick meeting.
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Bill Ward
Fort George G. Meade
Kiwanisa
M Todd
Norfolk
Walter BE. Williams
Walter F. Willams
Frank L Williams
Hot Springs
Ark
Home Guard
Baltimore
Aug.st
National Guard
Milton A. Reckord
Maryland
Reckord
Defense Department
Washington
Orphans Court Approves Two Admin Accounts
The Orphans Court approved two administration accounts on Tuesday. George L. Wilhide, executor of Annie M. Landers estate, reported 6788.13 in his first and final account, distributing 3198.41 including 2148.41 to Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church of Emmitsburg. Marshall H. Leatherman, executor of Amanda E. Leatherman estate, accounted for 1087.08 in his first and final account, distributing 401.41 and 800 from real estate.
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Orphans’ Court
George L. Wilhide
Annie M. Landers
Elias Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Emmitsburg
Marshall H. Leatherman
Amanda E. Leatherman
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Old Canal
U.S
Goldsboro
Atlantic
Delaware
R. Harry Thomas
Ronald O Crofley
Atlantic City
N. J
Slaughter’s Beach
Del
Coast Guard
U. S
Pearre
the News
Frederick
Honor Guard Association
Whicr
O. F. Shipley’s
North Market St
Furst
BUICK
Hieher
Fisher
Dynaflow Drive
Brathoe
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
Omammamiaantae
Onbaal
Sarcuy
the Ideal Garage Co., Inc
Patrick Street
Rosenour’s
Gabardine
Kaynee Sun
Rosenour
Libbey Safedge
Qoval Crow Cola
Nhaws
Bpeuy
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