Thrasher Farm Field Day Draws 50,000 Visitors
Nearly 50,000 people observed the Maryland Conservation Field Day at Nellie V. Thrasher’s Jefferson area farm. Over 12,000 autos were counted by Maryland State Police as crowds toured exhibits, tree conservation work, and a massive three ring program. The event featured a dynamite opening, live bands, and demonstrations of soil conservation, fencing, and farm construction. Authorities reported smooth operations with 60 state police directing traffic and no major incidents. Guest observers included Frederick mayors and press advisor Bert D. Robinson, while a Navy blimp filmed the event from Lakehurst.
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Nellie V. Trasher
Jefferson
Maryland
Thrasher Farm
Thrasher Gate
Baltimore
Washington
Frederick
Warnesboro
Daniel Fitz
L. H. Crickenberger
Field Day
Edward A. Wayne
Fedi Reserve Bank of Richmond
Joe Philips
Ada Land Office
Scowis
Nui
Fem
Technolman
Oper
Trafic
Potomac
Maryland Tate Police
Lewis D. Nichols
Harpomas S. Post
Cam West Boonsboro
Bert D. Robinson
C.S. Washington
Robinson
United Nations
State Department
U.S. Navy
Department of Agriculture
Lakehurst
Former Yugoslav Chief of Staff Shot to Death
A report dated Aug 18 states Arso Jovanovic, former chief of staff of the Yugoslav Army, was shot and killed during a predawn border crossing attempt to Romania. Border guards opened fire as the group fled toward the border at about 11 p.m. on Aug 12, with one member firing before being ordered to halt.
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Jade
Burba
Offer
Yugo Co
Arso Jovanovic
Rom
Jovanovic
Seigania
Stops To Help, Son Injured In Frederick Crash
Gav Waltz stopped to aid a youth on South Market near the Maryland State School for the Deaf. The youth, Eldridge Waltz, 17, was taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital and reported in satisfactory condition with head laceration and facial burns. The youth was en route to a canning factory when struck by a vehicle. In a separate morning crash, Mrs. Mary Francis Tobery was knocked down on Carroll Street near East Patrick Street. the driver, Grayson Bernard Castle, was identified.
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Gav Waltz
Frederick
Emcent
South Market Street
Maryland State School For the Deaf
Waltz
Eldridge
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Young Waltz
Ralph Potts
Southarket Street
Mary Francis Tobery
West South Street
Potts
Grayson Bernard Castle
East Firth Street
Tobery
Union Manufacturing Company
Carroll Street
Patrick Street
Castle
Patrick
Carroll
Requests For Money Go Into Stratosphere Baltimore
Baltimore August 18 state agencies pushed funding higher as the State Board of Mental Hygiene seeks 24 000 900 for a two year building and improvement program for five mental hospitals, part of a total near 67 million for the coming diennium. The board asks 35 014 2600 from the University of Maryland as the largest request. It proposes 17 000 000 for new buildings to house 3 499 more patients and 4 500 060 for utility buildings, with 2 690 beds needed to ease overcrowding. Plans include a new building for the criminally insane at Spring water Hospital and expansions at Rosewood to aid the feebleminded, along with five institutions overall.
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Baltimore
State Board of Siental Hygiene
Mentalgiene Board
Jesw. Ie
Traffic Flows Steadily in City Amid Heavy Afternoon
City police report steady yet heavy traffic with a continued out of town car influx and expectation of a larger evening jam. A five car collision interrupted the flow in mid lane as demand in New York stocks rose briefly at open then faded within minutes.
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Trafic
Demant
New York
Company A to Leave for Camp Ritchie Saturday
Maryland National Guard unit Company A will depart for Camp Ritchie Saturday morning for its annual training.
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Maryland National Guard
Camp Ritchie
Send More Observers To Palestine
Secretary of State Marshall said the United States France and Belgium will send 300 truce observers to Palestine. The U S will supply 125 enlisted men with some from Mediteranean warships France provides 125 and Belgium 50. Bernadotte asked for a larger force but the U N Security Council has yet to act. Marshall urged relief aid for about 357000 Arab and Jewish refugees.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
France
Belgium
Palestine
U.S
U. S
Mediterranean
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Paris
Bernadotte
U. N. Security Council
Holy Land
Danube
China
Congress
Wellington Koo
U. W. General Assembly
Three Die Trapped In Auto Plunge At Lake Clifton
In Baltimore, three people died when their automobile plunged into 16 feet of water at Lake Clifton. Edward Foard, 27, escaped by breaking a rear window and swimming. The deceased include Laura Foard, 21, Frances Foard, 26, and George Burch, 51, who owned the car. The vehicle fell from a 40-foot grade into the water near a municipal park iron fence as emergency crews searched the scene. Burch’s body was recovered hours later. Foard, whose father reportedly owned the car, and Laura and Frances were related. Burch was connected to the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington.
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Baltimore
Lake Clifton
Edward Foard
Foard
Laura
Frances
George Burch
Wash- Foard
Burch
Poce
Giace
Naval Researc Laboratory
Officers Installed by Edwin C. Creeger at Thurmont Legion
Officers were installed Tuesday evening by Edwin C Creeger of the Thurmont American Legion. State Commander S. Anen, W. R. Hornsby of Machen Bradford Post Baltimore, a member of the Maryland Legion child welfare commission, and G. Ernest Lipps, vice commander of the Western Maryland District, attended with Commander Allen and Mr Hornsby visiting the local Legion home before the installation in Thurmont.
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Edwin C. Creeger
U Legion
Thurmont
S. Anen
W. R. Hornsby
Machen- Bradford
Baltimore
Child Welfare Commission
The
American Legion
Department of Maryland
G. Ernnest Lipps
Maryland
Allen
Mr. Hornsby
Legion
New Significance Seen By Brennan In Soil Conservation
Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan praised the Thrash er farm Mariland Soil Conservation project as a demonstration of American democracy in action. He cited citizen initiative, land and forest care, and the need to conserve land, water, and knowledge while stressing cooperative effort to secure a sustainable future.
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Brennan
Charles F. Brannan
Thrasher Farm
Mariland Soil Conservation Project
America
Mme
Siar
Conservation Centric Address From Governor Lane
Governor William Preston Lane Jr speaks at Maryland Conservation Field Day on sail conservation methods and soil preservation. He praises local initiative, national help from Secretary Brannan, and widespread support from Frederick County groups, noting erosion as the primary threat to soil and the need for ongoing conservation efforts.
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William Preston Lane, Jr
Maryland
Brannan
Department of Agriculture
United States
Local Field Day Story Told To Japanese Presenter
Miss Alt, a Johns Hopkins graduate on 30 day leave from a War Department assignment, plans to tell Japanese audiences about health conservation methods learned in the United States and Japan. She notes American nurses teaching Japanese public health and says epidemics in Japan are under control while polio, typhus, and typhoid affect Americans and natives.
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Grace E. Alt
Baltimore
War Department
Tukyo
Johns Hopkins
Japan
Miss Ali
United States
Allied Forces End Forest Maneuvers Near Berlin
In Grunewald forest near Berlin American and British troops conclude maneuvers with 1509 participants. American and French units also practice along the Rhine near Heidelberg, while Soviet commander Sokolov offers Berlin coal as a winter aid.
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Berlin
Grunewald
Hamburg
Nmneuver
Gatuw
Rhine
Heidelberg
U. S
Rhone
Altussheim
U. S. Constabulacy
Theodore T. King
North Little Rock
Ark
U. S. Air Force
86Th
Michael Ingelido
New Britain
Conn
Residents Flee Fire as Airdocf Explosions Hit Swiss Village
In Goeschenen Switzerland Aug 18 AP all 800 inhabitants evacuated as a fire in a nearby mountain redoubt caused ammunition to explode. Police said no casualties but communications to the village at the north end of the St Gotthard tunnel were cut. Rail traffic shifted via the Simplon tunnel. Villagers sought safety in air raid shelters as the Gre mountain depot fire continued and minor explosions echoed from the rail line.
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Airdocf
Switzerland
Goeschenen
Fitdorf
St. Gotthard
Simpion
Celars
Wrong Gun Starts Race In France Injures Girl Bicyclist
In La Cin at France on August 18 a bicycle race began with nineteen riders. Nineteen year old Marcelle Dago bert fell and suffered a shoulder wound from a pistol fired by an estranged sweetheart. The starter did not fire a pistol.
Lomakin Recall Question Clouds Moscow Protests
Washington reports say evidence does not support Russian charges against U S authorities over New York refugee teacher cases. A formal reply to Moscow is due within 24 hours. Lomakin recall is under consideration. Steps may affect Soviet school operations abroad as families seek to stay in the United States.
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Washington
Marshall
State Department
United States
New York
U. S
Russia
New York City
Marshal
Alexander S
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Mikhail Lamarine
Tol
United Nations
Samarines
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Imer Fort
Ying
Nellie ¥. Thrasher
Miss At
John L. Whitehurst
Board of Resents
University of Maryland
Mrs. Whitehurst
Kansas
Doedge Titty
Temperance
Mavbersy
Lomakin
Kosenkina
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Austria
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