Frederick sees record daily water use on hot day
The Frederick Water Department reported a new all time high daily consumption of 3 746 000 gallons on Wednesday. Water Superintendent William J Davis noted peak usage in early evening as residents sprinkler their lawns. Factory canning boosted demand while drought and heat kept streams low and thunderstorm forecasts possible later. Hay fever season begins as pollen rises and the Monocacy river at Buckeystown Dam reaches a multi year low.
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Frederick
Fishing Creek
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Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties In Maryland
Deeds filed with the Clerk include two farms with tax stamps around 22 000 and 315 000 and a North Market street residence at 11 560. A 243 acre transfer in Woodville district from James H Hahn and Ruby V Hahn to Ralph J Beck and Lillian B Beck valued near 18 000. Farm land between Route 240 to Washington and Route 15 to Buckeystown totaling 4482 acres sold by M J Grove Lime Company to James H Grove Jr and his wife for about 20 000. The house at 13068 North Market street conveyed from A Robert Moss to Harry C Lawson and Pauline P Lawson valued about 11 500. Other deeds list Elmer L Lucas and Elsie M Lu to Julius V Sieler and Lottie A Sigler for a Brunswick plot about 3 000. William H Goodsell and Dorothy T Goodsell to Charles L C Ausherman and Dorothy W Ausherman on county road near Araby church in Urbana Election District for 1 60. Charles S Schrodel and Eleanor B R Schrodel to John Hays Jones for 238 East Church street about 5 500. Harvey G Witts and Nannie V Vitts to Fred W Young and Viola K Young for 114 East Third street part of the old No vitate Property around 7 000.
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Buckeystown
M. J. Grove Lime Company
James H. Grove, Jr
Virginia H. Grove
North Market Street
A. Robert Moss
Harry C. Lawson
Pauline P. Lawson
Frederick-Washington
Araby Church
Urbana
Charles S. Schrodel
Eleanor BR. Schrodel
John Hays Jones
East Church Street
Harvey G. Witts
Nannie V. Vitts
Fred W. Young
Viola K. Young
East Third Street
Novitiate
Zonta Club Pledges 3000 for Hospital Building Fund
The Zonta club pledged 3000 to Frederick Memorial Hospital Building Fund at a Middletown meeting hosted by Mrs. Lola Summers. The drive will be the club’s local project for three years with a lawn dinner and songs by An nette Routzahn. A club meeting is planned at the Francis Scott Key hotel Monday evening. Fire alarm reports a short circuit at Garber Baking Company triggered by wiring near West Fifth and North Market streets. The Juniors, United Rescue Team, and Citizens Truck Company responded. the blaze was nearly out before arrival and the bakery remains closed for remodeling.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Zonta Club
Tuersday
Lola Summers
Middletown
Garber Baking Company
West Fifth
North Market Streets
United Rescue Trick
Citizens Truck Company
Nation Today on High Prices and Trends in Washington
The Nation Today discusses soaring costs in June and the year ahead. Price indexes show broad increases across foods apparel and furnishings with housing rents nearly flat. Blame from unions and business groups varies while Congress considers investigations and the Truman administration signals antitrust scrutiny to curb price rises.
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Max Hall
James Marlow
Washington
Howard Hughes
Senator Brewster
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OPA
Europe
National Federation of SmallBusiness
Congress
Truman
Justice Department
Jaik
Existence Of Brothel In Fairbanks Scored
Aug 15 Fairbanks Alaska citizens drew a rebuke from a U S Public Health official for permitting The Line Fairbanks famed brothel row I did not think there was any place under the American flag where prostitution is as flagrant as it is in Fairbanks Dr W T Harrison western district director of the U S Public Health Service declared yesterday Harrison touring the territory representing the Surgeon General Legal steps to clean up The Line two blocks from the citys center earlier this year bogged down after two hung juries failed to bring a verdict against individual women charged maintaining places of pro
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Fairbanks
Alaska
U.S
W. T. Harrison
U. S. Public Health Service
Harrison
Little Headway In Stock Market Gains Mixed
New York on August 15 reports stocks making selective headway while many market leaders slip into negative territory.
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New York
Maryland Sizzles as Heat Wave Fails to Break
A Midwest air mass keeps Maryland in a heat spell with temperatures hitting the 90s and a 1937 high of 97 in Baltimore. Two deaths are linked to the heat. Hagerstown records 99, Cumberland 97, and farmers face worsening drought while water supplies are stretched. Montebello reservoir opened for use in Baltimore for the first time in seven years.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Maryland
Free State
Rom
Mercury
Baltimore
Minerva Wilson
Aubrey Terry
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Frederick
Montebello
Midwest Heat Eases as Rain Spreads from Ohio Valley
Heavy rains drenched the Ohio valley easing a three day Midwest heat wave. Temperatures dropped to the 80s and 90s while scattered showers extended from the Mississippi to the Appalachians. A tropical storm near Tampico threatened U S interests with potential 100 mph winds. General rains were urged for the Great Plains to aid moisture-starved crops.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Tampico
Mexico
United States
Brownsville
Tex
Atlantic States
PB. F. Sutton
Chicago
Mississippi River
Appalachian
Great Plains
Foreign Ministers Meet to Forge Mutual Defense Pact
Foreign ministers from 240 American nations gathered in Petropolis Brazil on August 15 to draft a historic treaty of mutual defense against aggression.
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Petropolis
Brazil
Exploding Sky Rocket Burns 55 At Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on August 15 a sky rocket exploded and burned 55 people as it fell into a crowded grandstand during a V J Day celebration. Police chief Charles Griffiths said none were seriously burned. Panic was averted as police and fire crews rushed to the scene. Injured were treated at a Red Cross tent and several Johnstown hospitals, and the American Veterans of World War Two AmVets chapter halted the remainder of the fireworks display.
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Johnstown
Charles Griffiths
Red Cross
the American Veterans of World War Two Amvers
Two Dominions In India Begin Functioning
New Delhi Aug 14 1947 two dominions Hindu India and Pakistan begin functioning as independent states. Mountbatten sworn first Governor General of Hindu India while Jinnah takes role in Pakistan amid communal violence in Punjab and celebrations across Hindu India. Nehru and Prasad sworn in as leaders. Gandhi’s house stoned in Calcutta. Indian crowds rejoice, flag lowered and replaced.
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India
World Family of Free Nations
Pakistan
Lord Mountbatten
British India
Karachi
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Mountbatten
Punjab
Lahore
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
Constituent Assembly
Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Calcutta
Nehru
Netherlands propose three man arbitration board for Indonesian dispute
Aug 15 report says the Netherlands will propose a three man arbitration board to settle the Indonesian dispute independently of the United Nations. The plan mirrors Linggadjat terms, with ICJ asked to rule on UN Security Council jurisdiction. Van Kleffens to announce plan at 3 p.m. council session.
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International Court of Justice
U. N. Security Council
van Kleffens
Greta Garbo Visit Shrinks in London Newspaper Print
London Daily Express concedes to Greta Garbo by printing a tiny seven line skeletonized summary of her first day in London. The paper notes the concession as Garbo seeks privacy during her visit, with the item appearing in the smallest type available.
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London
Daily Express
Greta Garbo
Dollar Values Vary Widely Across Cities Since 1939
An Associated Press survey of 13 major cities shows the dollar’s purchasing power in 1946 ranges from far more in some places to far less in others. Meat costs surged most, with Chicago recording the largest current prices for bacon, pork chops, and round steak, while Minneapolis remains comparatively affordable. Housing, bread, butter, and eggs also show divergent changes, reflecting postwar price shifts and selective subsidies, with notable gaps between June 1946 and today.
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United States
Minneapolis
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Denver
Department of Justice
OPA
Philadelphia
Dallas
Atlanta
Boston
Kansas City
New York
St Louis
Seattle
National Guard Day Proclaimed By President Truman
President Truman declared September 16 National Guard Day explaining that national security requires a fully manned equipped and trained National Guard ready to field forces in national danger. The observance was tied to a recruiting drive and urged governors to issue proclamations marking seven years since the Guard entered national service before World War II.
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Washington
Truman
United States
National Guard
4 Power Jap Peace Pact Is Rejected
Washington reports that the United States rejected Soviet demands to draft Japan's peace treaty through the Big Four. The note, delivered to Soviet envoy Semen Tsarapkin, reaffirms an eleven nation conference as the proper forum and signals U.S. resolve to proceed regardless of Soviet attendance. Russia was invited but has not yet confirmed.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Britain
China
Russia
State Department
Semen K. Tsarapkin
Charles E. Bohlen
Soviet Union
Australia
New Zealand
France
Philippines
India
Canada
Council of Foreign Ministers
Italy
Hitler
Balkan
Belatov
Tropical hurricane strikes Tampico coast in Mexico
A major hurricane with winds over 100 mph hit the Tampico coast at dawn, damaging streets, uprooting trees and threatening oil wells. Red Cross crews stood by as the center was expected to reach the coast 50 to 75 miles north of Tampico around daybreak, with squalls extending long distances.
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Tampico
Mex
Old City
Mexican
Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Tex
Red Cross
Mexico
U.S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Midnight Fisherman Catches Huge Owl at Deep Creek Lake
Cumberland August 15 a remarkable story circulates via Joe Denkenberger of Cumberland describing a midnight fishing tale at Deep Creek Lake. He baited with a jitterbug plug when a big splash occurred and a large owl with a 36 inch wingspread was caught on the line. The bird is recuperating in a cage.
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Cumberland
Joe Denkenberger
Deep Creek Lake
Koreans Rally As Trusteeship Debate Sparks Cheers
In Seoul on August 15 a crowd of 80,000 shouted anti trusteeship and immediate independence as Gen. T. F. Shtikov, Russian delegate to the U S Soviet commission, spoke. Maj. Gen. Albert E. Brown, top American delegate, received loud applause after Shtikov’s remarks about Korea’s liberation from Japan. The commission stalls over which Korean groups may consult on forming a government, with Russia opposing inclusion of right wing parties. Brown urged respect for political differences. Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge reaffirmed Allied support for a free Korea, noting the outcome remains unfulfilled.
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Seoul
T. F. Shtikov
Shtikov
Albert E. Brown
Korea
Brown
Moscow
Shukov
John R. Hodge
South Korea
Arabs Slain Near Tel Aviv in attack and reprisal
Eleven Arabs were killed today in a bomb and gun attack near Tel Aviv. Hagana said seven were executed in reprisal for brigandage. A dynamited house served as a headquarters for the brigandage blamed for attacks on Jewish settlements amid Jewish Arab clashes around Tel Aviv and Jaffa. Two more Arabs were found stabbed in Jaffa and another Arab watchman dead near Ramat Gan.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Hagana
Jaffa
Ramat Gan
World Fund And Bank To Aid Marshall Plan
Washington reports Camille Gutt leads the world fund of 8.8 billion to Paris to align with a 16 nation plan for reviving war wrecked Europe. McCloy pledges full cooperation of the International Bank with 9.16 billion dollars, aiding the Marshall formula for reconstruction.
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World Fund and Bank
Marshall Plan
Washington
World Fund
International Bank
That's In A Name Connecticut Heat Wave Hot Spots
A New Haven report rounds up local place names cited during the ongoing heat wave with sites such as Satan's Kingdom Devil's Den Promised Land and Lords Corner noted among CT hotspots.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Satan's Kingdom
Devil's den
Promised Land
Lords Corner
System of Sick Leave Approved for Frederick County Teachers
Frederick County Board of Education approved a sick leave plan for teachers to begin immediately with retroactive provisions for long-serving staff. The plan lets teachers accumulate up to 50 days over time, with ten days annual sick leave and additional accumulations based on years of service, benefiting those with ten or more years of experience starting 1947 48.
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Frederick County
Board of Education
Board For Education
Rent Control Staff Cut 20 Percent Across Region
New York, Aug. 15. A 20 percent region wide reduction in rent control personnel, effective September 15, was announced by Piet Hofstra regional administrator. Offices in New York and throughout five states will be affected as part of winding up rent control by February 29, 1948. Several area offices will close around September 1, including Hagerstown. After September 1 the Hagerstown area will be administered by the Baltimore office under Walter Heath.
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New York
Piet H. Hoffstra
Federal Office of Rent Control
Hofstra
Paren York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Hagerstown Roffice
West Washington Street
Hagerstown
Washington
Allegany
Frederick Counties
60 000 000 Jobs To Show Decline Soon
Washington Aug 15 The United States Employment Service looks for 60 006 090 jobs to falter before long Veterans heading back to school farmers leaving harvest hands and similar seasonal factors probably will share the number of employed by about 3 000 000 persons by year end U S ES officials said today They added however that this won t necessarily mean more wall employment About 2 600 000 persons are listed as jobless at present some 300 000 more than were able a year ago
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Washington
United States “Employment Service
U.s.es
Philadelphia Train Wreck Claims Engineer at 33rd Street
In Philadelphia a second wreck within 12 hours killed engineer L. P. Duffield, 57, of Woodbury New Jersey, as his locomotive derailed and partially overturned near 33rd and Mt Vernon streets while the passenger train from Cape May had reached the city. All other cars stayed on tracks and passengers escaped injury.
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Pennsylvania Railroads
L. P. Duffield
Woodbury
N. J
33Rd
Mt. Vernon
Cape May
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