Frederick Hospital public campaign reports progress
Public campaign for the Frederick Memorial Hospital enlargement shows seven hundred twenty two contributions totaling 43 482 in six days. The overall subtotal reaches 394 120 with an average gift of 60 22. Separate city women and men divisions report thousands. 24 districts outside the city add 16 395 in 237 gifts. A second report meeting is set for Thursday at noon.
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Frederick Aemorial Hospital
Sity
Charles F. Bowers
Francis Scott Key
Frederick City
Edgar H. ScBride
James 8. Gambrill TI
Edward F. Holter
Daniel J. Thomas
Herman Weener
Business and Mercantile Committee
British seeks full explanation on UK loan spending
Washington officials say American demands for a detailed report on how Britain uses the 3.75 billion dollar loan must be met before any relaxation of loan provisions. Britain has spent nearly all the credit in 15 months, with October seen as when funds run out, while pressures grow for the U S to cover occupation zone costs in Germany.
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Washington
Britain
Hugh Dalton
United States
Germany
Mt Airy Sells Bonds At High Bid Of 10 288 50
Mt Airy bonds of 10000 dollars for ten years at 21 percent interest were bid to 10288 50 by First National Bank of St Ary in competitive offers opened at 11 this morning in Mayor Spurriers office. Funding supports municipal improvements including street work lighting and water system extensions. Council members listed are Robert Myers Nathan Dor sey L Browning Frank Harris and Harry Bellison.
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First National Bank of
Robertt K. Myers
Nathan Dorsey
L. L. Browning
Frank Harris
Harry Bellison
Millions of Fish Rot Along Florida Coast
Clearwater Florida August 11 The Bureau of Engineering of the State Board of Health prepared to counter the red tide that has killed millions of fish along the west coast beaches from Sarasota to Clearwater. Dr Franklin P Campbell Pinellas county health director said David B Lee head of the bureau would lead a survey party. Thousands of fish lined Pinellas beaches last night and more lay offshore ready to move in with a wind shift. Scientists still seek the cause of the mystery plague.
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Clearwater
Fla
Bureau of Engineering
State Board of Health
Florida West Coast
Sarasota
Franklin P. Campbell
Pinellas County
Heal Sirector
David B. Lee
Bureau
Pinelas
Hoover Spends 73d Birthday Quietly
Former President Herbert Hoover celebrated his 73rd birthday with a small family gathering at his son Herbert Hoover Jr.’s home in San Marino. He plans a mountain fishing trip with friends this week and will return to Washington to head a 12-man commission studying executive branch reforms.
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Los Angeles
Herbert Hoover
Herbert, Jr
San Marino
Hoover
Washington
Congress
Joseph W. Martin
Frederick Man Joseph B Price Dies At 57 In Frederick
Joseph B Price 57 longtime Frederick resident died at Frederick Memorial Hospital after two weeks ill with heart trouble. He worked with Price Bros until its sale then with a contracting firm in Alexandria Virginia. Survived by wife Mellie Cook Price son Joseph B Price Jr five sisters and brothers and several nephews. Funeral arrangements pending at M R Eichorn and Son funeral directors.
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Joseph B. Price
Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Market
Second Streets
Price
Price Bros
Alexandria
J.E. Price
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Frederick Lodge
B. P.O. Ellis
Mellie Cook Price
Louise Appenzeller
New York City
Charles S. Price
Grace P. Smith
Mazie
Man shoots wife then places dog in her arms in cabin
In Coudersport Pennsylvania a 31 year old woodcutter named George Henry Chapman shot his wife Minnie 37 in the head with a .22 pistol after she refused to say pretty please. He was taken to Potter county jail and will be charged with murder. The dog was shot and placed in the woman s arms.
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Coudersport
Carl Butler
Butler
George Henry Chapman
Minnie
Chapman
Potter County
Builer
Fred Butler
Waives Extradition For Maryland Trial
Ray Mathis of Alexandria, a 40 year old contractor, waived extradition to Maryland where he faces a murder charge in the fatal shooting of Kenneth E. Colbert. The incident occurred in Colbert's apartment as an argument turned deadly. Mathis appeared in police court and confirmed the murder charge before waiving extradition.
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Alexandria
Waite
Ray Mathis
Essex
Kenneth E. Colbert
Mathis
Colbert
James Reece Duncan
Baltimore County
Heat Wave Grips Midwest Corn Belt As Temps Roar
The Midwest endures a second Monday of extreme heat with forecast relief by Tuesday. Scattered showers were possible in western and central Nebraska while the Dakotas saw light rain. Forecasters warned of continued heat in Iowa Indiana Wisconsin and beyond with cooling air moving slowly eastward and not reaching the Ohio River region. A 52 year old man died of a heart attack during a Sioux City parade amid 97 degree heat.
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Associated Press
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Corn Belt
Nebraska
U. S
Caid
Dakotas
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Pacific Northwest
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Arizona
Idaho
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Louisiana
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Iowa
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Tex
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Chicago
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Detroit
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Legion
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Seaboard
New England
U S Representative Reaches Jogjakarta
U S consul general Walter A Foote arrived in Jogjakarta today aboard a U S Navy Beechcraft to meet Republican leaders. He said his mission was the United States offer of good offices in the Dutch Indonesian dispute. He is the first State Department representative to visit Republican territory since August 1945.
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Batavia
Java
Walter A. Foote
United States
Jogjakarta
Foote
State Department
Republic
Amir Sjarifoeddin
Semarang
U. S
Sjamfoeddin
Netherlands
Slain In $1.40 Robbery By Burglar Who Weeps
Pittsburgh police report a 68 year old steelworker Peter Blaskevech killed during a $1.40 lunch room burglary. The suspect fled through nearby alleys as Blaskevech grappled with the gunman. The killer shed a blood stained shirt gun and undershirt while fleeing.
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Pittsburgh
Peter Blaskevech
Rudolph Raab
Sylvester Stoehr
BlaskKevech
Jinah Elected President of Pakistan Constituent Assembly
Jinnah leader of the Muslim League was unanimously elected president as the Pakistan Constituent Assembly began drafting a charter for what would become a Muslim Indian dominion. Anew flag design reported shows three quarters green with a white quarter and crescent, indicating minority representation.
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Jinnah
Karachi
P—B. A. Jinnah
Pakistan Constituent Assembly
India
Pakistan
Working For Uncle Sam by Peter Edson NEA Washington
Washington notes describe civil service issues including difficulty in hiring and keeping good help, benefits and overtime, wartime pay adjustments, and political cuts that threaten job security. The piece argues loyalty tests and veterans’ preferences affect efficiency and highlights seniority protection and inconsistent staffing.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Washington
Ashington
Uncle Sam
Congress
Aone ° S
State Department
China
Monkey Still At Large After Nutty Detroit Standoff
Patrolman Alger Borders weighed 210 pounds and faced a small agile monkey that dared him in a Detroit yard. Armed with four sacks of peanuts and a 20-foot dog snare, he wrestled the animal to no avail as darkness fell. The owner remains unknown and the monkey refused to come down.
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Detroit
J Alger Borders
Borders
Jerusalem Bank Robbery Attempt Shocks City
Jerusalem saw renewed tension after a weekend of violence as reports emerged of a group of young men attempting an armed robbery at a central loan bank. No injuries or arrests were confirmed, and authorities urged calm as the city awaits further details.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Labor Party Gives Attlee Majority Of 4
London Aug 11 Labor party members of Parliament approved Attlee's decision to defer nationalization of the steel industry amid Britain's crisis. Attlee won by four votes 81 to 77 as over 100 abstained. The caucus backed a crisis bill expanding government control in essential industries to aid recovery and exports. Health Minister Bevan's faction could challenge Attlee, signaling a potential leadership crisis.
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London
Labor Party
Atlee
Britain
Attee
Attlee
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Independent Sunday Express
Aneurin Bevan
Trumans Back In Washington After Mountain Retreat
President Truman and Mrs. Truman returned to the White House from Shangri-La in the Catoctin mountains to resume planning for his Rio de Janeiro trip and the closing days of the Inter-American Defense Conference.
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Washington
President Truman
Presidential Mountain Lodge
Shangri-La
White House
Truman
Thurmont
Shangri- la
Rio de Janeiro
Inter-American Defense Conference
Catoctin Mountains
Here
Congress
Russian Roulette Fatal To Youth In Port Huron
Port Huron Michigan August 11 18 year old Michael Edward Ernst died after a game of Russian roulette he bragged there were five out of six chances to dive He spun a .32 caliber revolver and fired killing himself as friends watched Police reported the gun discharged on the first attempt.
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Port Huron
Mich
Michael Edward Ernst
Michael
Return to a Land of Plenty Miss Moberly Relives Warsaw
Miss Barbara Moberly returns to her home at 113 East Patrick Street after 19 months in wartime Warsaw Poland. She recalls UNRRA relief efforts aiding orphans and repatriates amid rubble and mining danger. She notes rebuilding will take generations while Poles work by hand and adapt to scarce resources. Her sister Muriel continues Red Cross work in the Pacific.
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UNRRA
Barbara Moberly
Patrick Street
Warsaw
Poland
Miss Moberly
Europe
United States
UNHRA
Mnrra
Aliss Moberly
London
Gdynia
Baltic Sea
Krakow
Zakopane
Carpathian Mountains
Switzerland
America
New York
Manila
Berhl EF. Moberly
States
Muriel Moberly
Red Cross
McCornack General Hospital
Pasadena
Calif
Orient
Yokohama
Japan
Economic Dilemmas of Steel and Aid in a Postwar World
The piece discusses U S choices on steel allocation for ships versus domestic needs, including railroads and machinery, and whether to curb ship production for strategic use. It notes government plans to direct steel exports from October 1 and questions managing relations with European nations while avoiding the impression of hoarding merchant shipping. It also analyzes Europe’s grain outlook, dollar scarcity, and the impact on rebuilding industries, amid a proposed foreign aid budget of 332 million dollars over 32 months to prevent hunger.
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Sigrid Arne
James Marlow
Washington
U. S. Maritime Commission
United States
Maritime Commission
Europe
Norway
Netherlands
France
Russia
Hughes Plane Probe Halted Till November 17
The Senate War Investigating subcommittee adjourned its inquiry into Howard Hughes wartime plane contracts to November 17 due to other duties and difficulties locating witness John W. Meyer. Hughes claimed the move was due to Cowardly opposition and predicted the hearings may never resume.
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Washington
Aug
Senate
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Brewster
R-Me
Senate War Investigating Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
War Investigating Subcommittee
Europe
John W. Meyer
Hollywood
Pepper
O'Conor
Augusta
More Maryland Students To Get Hot Lunches 1947 48 Year
Maryland will expand a federally funded hot lunch program to about 550 schools in 1947 48 up from 457 last year The state received 497832 from the government for lunches and more funds to come The program fed 141870 meals daily in 1956 with federal support
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Baltimore
Maryland
John J. Seidel
Seidel
Who's Behind It Where Annapolis Talks Desk Knick Knack
Annapolis Governor Lane explained a new office device named a desk eight ball. Placed between the Chief Executive and requesters it lets the requester decide who is behind the decision. The phrase eight ball implies an obstacle or advantage in making a call.
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Annapolis
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