Insects Threaten Sugar Corn Crop In County Fields
Grasshoppers and army worms damage the state sugar corn as early yields falter. Canners report late corn salvageable but uneven. some fields sprayed. Local labor shortfall met by imported workers, while machines aid some fields. Rain improved late crop. next system may bring more showers. Temperatures near 90 with earlier 88.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
Thomas End Company
Jenkins Bros. Canning
Jenkins Bros
Thurmont
Florida
Thomas and Company
South Carolina
Storm Nears Cape Hatteras Coast From Atlantic Hurricane
The Atlantic hurricane with winds near 100 mph is projected to pass over or close to the North Carolina coast around Cape Hatteras tonight. Miami forecaster Grady Norton said the center was about 200 miles south at 10 am EST, with cloud and rain spreading along the coast. He noted winds would rise and tides increase, strongest from Cape Lockout to Cape Hatteras, as the storm, the season’s second, formed east of Daytona Beach yesterday.
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Miami
Fla U
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Grady Norton
Miami Weather Bureau
Norton
Cape Lockout
Daytona Beach
Fila
Two Men Leave For Army Induction From City
Two volunteers from Selective Service Board No. 45 left for Army processing at the Baltimore Recruiting Station. William Homer Sewell of 185 West All Saints Street and Harry Americus Parker of 201 Phelms Avenue are the inductees. The call marks the first draft action from local boards this month.
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Selective Service Board No. 45
Armed Forces
Baltimore
William Homer Sewell
West All Saints Street
Harry Americus Parker
Phelms Avenue
Five Children Die In Ice Box At Farm Home
In Proctor Arkansas an old ice box in a country store’s cooling unit trapped five children ages 9 to 2 at a farm last night. Deputy sheriff found the siblings crumpled inside. the oldest Edward Hallman suffered visible injuries. Coroner T H McGough ruled no foul play and linked deaths to suffocation after the lid latched shut during play.
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Proctor
Ark
Edward Hallman
T. H. McGough
Crittenden County
Four Richmond boys found dead in abandoned ice box
Richmond Va four hospital area children were found suffocated in an old refrigerator near McGuire Veterans Hospital after a two day search by about a thousand people aided by planes and helicopters. The victims Woodrow Blackstock seven Wilson Blackstock seven George five sons of hospital staff members. The other victim Walter Charles Tex Boykin seven son of acting hospital manager Dr J Melvin Boykin. The building with the fridge lay within 25 yards of the Boykin home. The tragedy mirrors a similar death in Proctor Arkansas yesterday.
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Richmond
McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital
John Turner
Proctor Ark
Woodrow and
Wilson Blackstock
George
Woodrow Wilson Blackstock
Walter Charles
Tex) Boykin
J. Melvin Boykin
Boykins
Willel
Jean
Grow's Son Dies In Fire At Home In Falls Church
Walter Thomas Grow, 21, a West Point cadet and son of Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, died of suffocation in a house fire in Falls Church Virginia. Fire confined to his upstairs room. he reportedly cried out as flames engulfed the area. Walter had just returned home on summer vacation from the Military Academy where he was a third classman.
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Falls Church
Walter ‘Thomas Grow
West Point
Robert W.grow
Young Grow
Walter Grow
Military Academy
Grow
Moscow
Red
Frankfurt
Germany
Two More Maryland POWs Are Released
The Associated Press reports two Maryland prisoners of war freed by the Communists in Korea. Corporal Robert L. McGreevy of Cumberland and Sergeant Eugene P. Roush of Baltimore were released. McGreevy was captured in November 1950, and Roush’s mother lives in Baltimore. The market opened strong in New York but soon calmed, holding gains near 0.5 percent.
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Maryland
Cumberland
Baltimore
Korea
Cple
Robert L. McGreevy
Patrick McGreevy
Eugene P. Roush
Esther Dreese
McGreevy
475 Americans Are Freed At Panmunjom
Panmunjom report shows 475 prisoners freed on day nine of the POW exchange including 75 Americans 75 British and 250 South Koreans. Reds warn they may hold back some captives while the UNC seeks full return of all POWs despite Geneva and armistice questions.
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Panmunjom
Chongsong
Proktong
Yalu
Camp 1
Red China
U. S
State Dulles
U. N. Command
Dulles
Peiping
United States
UG. S. State Department
Washington
U.S
GNC
Eisenhower creates new equal employment committee
President Eisenhower signed an executive order establishing a 14 member government contract equal employment opportunity committee to prevent hiring and firing discrimination on jobs funded by federal contracts. The panel includes six agency representatives and eight public members including some Negroes, with a mandate to enforce non discrimination across contracts and sub contracts governed by existing orders.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Commerce Department
Department of Defense
Justice Department
General Services Administration
Labor Department
White House
James C. Hagerty
Seventh Try For Writ Of Habeas Corpus Fails
A seventh attempt by a prisoner to win freedom from a 13 year Maryland penitentiary term for assault with intent to kill was denied by Circuit Court Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer. The memorandum noted no trial irregularities or constitutional questions and held the plea sought a retry, which is contrary to established habeas corpus principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Patrick M.schnauffer
Prestbury
Daring Brings Aid After Greek Island Disaster
The British destroyer Daring reached Argostolion with medical staff and supplies as Greece seeks help for Kefallinia after a devastating earthquake. About 50,000 residents reportedly lack food or water. 250 evacuated, 70 casualties known, tremors linger. American warships stand ready to assist per Greek government requests.
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London
Daring
Ionian
Argostolion
Admiralty
Kefallina
Mediterranean
Argostolion Harbor
Malta
France Strikes Grow as Premier Defies Walkouts
In Paris the labor wave swelled with millions walking out to protest Premier Laniel’s economy plan. Workers from mines railways gas and electricity to post and telecoms stayed out, paralyzing services as Laniel refused to yield.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
Socialist Workers’ Force
General Federation of Labor
CGT
Christian Catholic Trades Union
FGEC
Lanie
Lanier
Korean Kids Show How Capitalist Starts
A U N officer at the Panmunjom prisoner exchange site explains that Korean children along the road throw rocks at occupying troops to retrieve shoes and bedrolls. The officer notes these "capitalists" will sell the gathered goods next winter, profiting from the exchange dynamics.
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Panmunjom U
U.N
South Sea Islands
Deed Recorded for 114.5 Acres in Thurmont District
A deed was recorded in the clerk's office transferring 114.5 acres and improvements in Thurmont district from Mr and Mrs Calvin George Wilhide to Mr and Mrs Edwin C Creager. The consideration was in the neighborhood of 506 dollars according to revenue stamps.
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Thurmont
Calvin George Wilhide
Edwin C. Creager
Wheat Futures Fall To Lowest In Six Years
Chicago Wheat futures dropped to the lowest levels in over six years amid heavy selling on the Board of Trade. Brokers noted major grain houses sold large quantities, triggering the price decline. Private polls suggested farmers may vote against wheat marketing quotas in the referendum. If quotas fail, the government support price for next year's crop would drop to 50 percent of parity, down from 9 percent currently.
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Chicago W
Board of Trade
Lower income groups face higher net taxes under social security rise
Washington reports many low income families will pay more federal taxes next year despite a 10 percent cut in individual income taxes set for Jan 1. An automatic social security tax hike, Congress decided to take effect the same date, can offset or outweigh the tax cut. For a $3,000 annual income couple with two children, the 12 to 14 percent social security boost more than offsets the $13.20 yearly saving from the tax cut, yielding about $180 extra burden.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Congressional
Few Perseid Meteors Are Spotted Here
Frederick amateur astronomers report unusually few Perseid meteors over two nights despite ideal weather and no moon. Observers note fewer early evening meteors and dim, short-tailed displays. sightings remain sparse as Earth moves through Swift's comet orbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Sears
Swift
New Highway To Open On Scheduled Date
Washington officials expect no delay in opening the Jessup Laurel stretch of the Washington Baltimore Parkway, with final inspection in four to six weeks. National Capital Parks Superintendent Edward J. Kelly said the road will open as soon as the Bureau of Public Roads has it ready. A separate fire alarm at Bernies Auto Exchange on Went Patnch Street called Independents Citizens and Uniteds to extinguish a stall mounted gasoline motor.
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Washington
Jessup-Laurel
National Capital Parks
Edward J. Kelly
Bureau of Public Roads
Mile
Independents
Uniteds
Bernie
Patnch Street
Not Guilty Pleas Filed For Littles
General pleas of not guilty were entered on behalf of Gilbert Littles of Harrisburg as he was arraigned in Circuit Court on indictments tied to the Liberty Town bank robbery. Trial date not set. Littles remained in county jail after hospitalization in Baltimore. He faces armed robbery conspiracy to rob assault with intent to murder and related counts.
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Gilbert Littles
Harrisburg
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Libertytown
Littles
University Hospital
Baltimore
Lessie Archer
Lites
Youth Recommitted To Training School
A 12-year-old Frederick youth who pilfered items from several Frederick stores was recommitted to the Maryland Training School for Boys by Associate Judge Patrick M. Sennaulfer in Juvenile Court. His 15-year-old brother and a 16-year-old friend, who helped, were placed under court jurisdiction and released to their parents. The younger boy admitted stealing many articles including shotgun shells and bicycle gear, with most items exchanged for rides and gun use. goods were recovered by city police.
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Frederick
Maryland Training School For Bays
Patrick M. Sennaulfer
Juvenine Court
Ellis Carty
Mountains Slipping Into Sea In Greek Island Disaster
Athens reports severe earthquakes strike Kefallinia Ithaca and Zakynthos for fifth day. Officials say near 1,000 killed while islands sink and crumble. US and British aid rushed to Patras and Kefallinia as evacuees flee by sea.
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Athens
Greece
Ionian Islands
Kefallinia
Ministry of Interior
Argostolion
Katherini
Kefailinia
Athens Observatory
Ithaca
Zakynthos
Ionian Sea
Patras
Mainand
Ralph Earl
U. S. Navy
Charles Yost
U. S
Charles Hart
Roosevelt
Italy
Salem
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Naples
U.S
Tripoli
Germany
Paul
Frederika
Aegean
Rangler
Daring
Mediterranean
Man
Gambia
Malta
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Teonitsa
Rioannina
Kolindros
Thaca
Platanos
Salonika
Larisa
Khalkis
Pyrgos
Corinth
Kalamata
Ionian Group
N.C
Jug Bridge
Potomac
Knopville
Newspaper
Babhive
New York
Ks Geins
France
Organized Labor
Tonian Islands
East Street
Minth
Market Street
Robert E. Wilson
Mt Airy
Bender
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