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Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1954

Page

11

New School Territorial Limits Set

The article details updated school zones for North Frederick elementary, North Market and East Frederick schools, listing areas and bus routes. It names Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt, principal C Beattie Stauffer, and staff appointments, noting ongoing teacher shortages and the start of the school year on September 8 with a first holiday on October 8 for Frederick Fair.

New North Frederick Eugene W. Pruitt Seventh Street Elm Street Rosemont Avenue McKaig Mr. Pleasant Harmony Grove Roy Fisher US. 15 Horst Military Road Area Culler Camp Detrick Pruitt Libertytown Middletown Frederick Fair North Frederick School C. Beattie Stauffer Judith C.lylee Evelyn M. Roelke Mary Walker Margaret Louise Huffer Dawn Stine Madeline Underwood Hes Rebecca Wet Sry

End Of 83d Congress Session Nears Final Acts

Washington dispatch reports the second session of the 83d Congress nearing final action on three major items including a foreign aid package worth 2.781 billion dollars, a bill to ban the Communist party, and a reform of social security. Senate House conferees settled on the foreign aid appropriation yesterday and expect passage, with a wind up likely tomorrow or early next week. In Laurel Maryland a barn and feed storage building on Clifford Stephens Farm, president of High's Dairy, was destroyed by fire causing about 60,000 dollars in damage.

Washington Communist Party Eisenhower Senate House Laurel Clifford ¥. Stephens High's Dairy Products Co Owen Lattimore U.S Leo A. Rover Lattimore State Department Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Rover Supreme Court

De Gasperi Dies From Heart Attack

Alcide de Gasperi, Italy’s veteran postwar leader, dies at 73 in a mountain retreat after a weeklong heart attack. The former premier, a staunch European union advocate who battled communism, passed away with family at his bedside after a final seizure.

Sella Val Sugana Italy Alcide de Gasperi Rome European Union

Atomic cannon accident injures three in Germany

An American 5 ton atomic cannon based in West Germany plunged off a 12 foot embankment near Schongau while being moved between twin trucks in Baxania. Three U.S. artillerymen were injured when the forward vehicle skidded as a German police account cited a passing car. In Wilmington Delaware a motorist leapt from the Delaware Memorial Bridge into the river.

West Germany U. S Baxania

U S Charges Red China Over Missing Airmen

The United States charges the Chinese Communists hold 15 American airmen as political prisoners. A Defense Department statement says Beijing admitted at Geneva the men are alive, verified by returned POWs now exchanged since the Korean armistice. The Pentagon seeks accounting for 526 Americans claimed to be in Communist hands or whose fate is known to the Communists.

Washington United States Defense Department Geneva Korea Pentagon Far East Command

No Action Tonight On City By Pass

City officials postpone discussion on a northwest Apple avenue by pass proposal at the regular meeting. A August 9 special session left the board reviewing protests and awaiting a decision. Opponents urge alternate routes for safety, while the prior route kept by the State Roads Commission remains under review.

Northwest Apple Avenue State Roads Commission

Hay Fever Season Hits Frederick as Sniffles Rise

Frederick residents brace for hay fever as ragweed pollen rises with late summer heat. Police and health officials urge vacant-lot owners to cut weeds, reducing pollen spread and easing symptoms until frost in October. Labor Day marks peak for many sufferers amid variable pollen counts and growing use of air conditioning.

Frederick Frederick City Forbes H. Burgess Daniel Swomley City Works Sat Swormley

Fined $50 After Auto Fatality

Harold Eugene Shumaker of Sharpsburg was fined $50 and costs on a reckless driving charge in Peoples Court. The gross negligence and manslaughter by motor vehicle charge was dismissed after a collision on Route 40 A near the Chattabox restaurant. Irvin T. Bagent died in the crash, and John M. Sausser of Braddock Heights testified that Shumaker’s car skidded across the highway. Shumaker claimed the car skidded when he was pulling onto a lane to turn toward Bagent’s residence and denied speeding. He was hospitalized for two months after the incident.

Harold Eugene Shumaker Sharpsburg Magistate Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr Peoples Court Chattabox John M. Sausser Braddock Heights Irvin T. Bagent Route 3 Shumaker Charles A. Price Donald Bowser Sheffield David A. Wolfinger Hagerstown Regis C. Hopier Baltimore Gen. R. Cole

Shivers Faces Challenge Over Eisenhower Backing in Texas

Dallas governor candidate Allan Shivers is attacked by rival Ralph Yarborough for backing Dwight Eisenhower in 1952. Yarborough calls Shivers disloyal to the Democratic Party as runoff primary voters prepare for August 28. Shivers defends his stance as in Texas and national interests amid a normally Democratic state.

Dallas Allan Shivers Dwight Eisenhower Texas Ralph Yarborough Austin Shivers Bolt Eisenhower Yarborough

Lexington Park Store Destroyed by Fire in Md

Fire destroyed the Lexington Park Department Store and damaged a nearby men’s shop in Lexington Park Maryland. Firefighters were overcome by smoke as the blaze damaged the brick building and contents estimated at 100000 dollars. Co owners Zucker and George Steinberg plan to rebuild and reopen. Nearby furniture store beauty salon pawn shop and loan agency were briefly threatened as Navy units assisted.

Lexington Park Park Department Leo Dutcher William Springer Lea Jington Park Ben Poindeater Zucker George Steinberg Buidings Patuxent Naval Air Test Center Washington, D.C Chesapeake Bay Navy Iremen Leaxington Park

Rotating Plan Of Registry Begun In County

Officials with the Board of Registry began a rotating plan to register rural residents for the fall election, moving through districts by September 28. The permanent registry office in the county courthouse will operate mornings only, while board members will register residents in Buckerstown today and Point of Rocks tomorrow. The move follows resolutions by county party committees, with protests from some residents about removing county-wide registration. Proponents say permanent registration aims to improve the process, but opponents say the plan defeats its purpose.

Board of Registry Court House Buckerstown Point of Rocks Democratic Republican Registry

Native Dancer Out of Whitney Handicap at Saratoga

Alfred Vanderbilt said Native Dancer will not race in the 30000 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga Saturday. Five boys who slipped from a Maryland training school in Telchester were recaptured after a stolen car chase near Chestertown, Maryland.

Saratoga Springs N.Y Saratoga Alfred Guyone Vanderbilt Chestertown Maryland Training School Telchester

Former Capone Mob figure Gioe Shot to Death in Chicago

Charles Cherry Nose Gioe, once with Al Capone's outfit, was found slain in his automobile last night. Police report five bullets fired, no witnesses found though several heard the shot. Gioe, 52, and three other Capone gangsters had been jailed in 1944 for conspiring to extort over a million dollars from the motion picture industry. they were paroled in 1947 after serving a third of their sentences.

Chicago Charles Cherry Nose Gice al Capone Gioe Capone Moton Picture

Demonstration Attracts 3000 Farmers To Buckeystown Farm

About 3000 farmers from Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia are expected to attend a grassland farming demonstration at E Earl Remsbergs farm near Buckeystown. The event sponsored by Four State Farmers Association Mar Del Va Farm Equipment Dealers Association Potomac Edison Farm Department and university extension services runs 9 a.m. to 3 45 p.m. with 150 machines demonstrating seeding subsoiling pasture renovation anhydrous ammonia application one man hay making and other grassland practices.

Maryland Pennsylvania Virgina West Virginia E. Earl Remsberg Buckeystown State Farmers Association Mar-Del-Va

Twins Born July 34 Third Child Expected

Detroit report: Mrs Boyd Braxton 28 gave birth to twin girls July 31 and expects a third child soon. Doctors note a double chorion, unusual in such pregnancies. Twins Barbara Joave and Betts Jean weighed under five pounds at birth. Dr Thomas Y Hum delivered them. no firm birth date for the third baby. The Braxtons have six other children and reside near Packard Motor Complex. Police report rear-end crash on Rosemont Ave causes property damage to two cars.

Detroit Boyd Brayton Braxton Thomas Y Hum Barbara Joave Betts Jean Ham Wills Branton Boyd Jr Barry Dean Christine Christopher Darrel Davis

Victims Of Sadists Tell Of Attacks In Brooklyn Park

New York report details four teenage attackers linked to assaults in a Brooklyn park. Victims Felix Jaculouski and Edward Walsh identify Koslow Mittman and others as assailants. One victim, beaten and burned, remains hospitalized. another was left unconscious in a vacant lot. Police say the group boasted of torturing a Negro itinerant before tossing him into the East River. A separate homicide charge targets Mittman Liber man Trachtenberg for the death of Rheinhold Ulvicksen.

New York Brooklyn Pharenanny Mnirmsted Mense 2 Csir Aest Brooklyn Park Greenpoint Hospital Felix Jaculouski Jaculouski Edward Walsh Walsh Kaculouski Jack Koslow Melvin Mittman Joseph Kostryn East River Mittman Jerome Liberman Robert Trachtenberg Rheinhold Ulvicksen

Mendes-France presses for changes to European Defense Community

In Brussels French Premier Mendes-France outlined aims to revamp the EDC link Germany to the Western alliance and aid Adenauer amid political strain. Spaak and other ministers showed discouragement after a two hour meeting with limited attendance as discussions continue on a six nation pact.

Brussels Belgium Pierre Mendes-France Paul-Henri Spaak Mendes-France Spaak West Germany Italy France Netherlands Luxembourg Conference Germany Konrad Aden Mandar Vranen

Taft Addresses World Council of Churches on Responsible Society

Charles P Taft urged the World Council of Churches assembly in Evanston to embrace a responsible society. He cited social security workmen’s compensation minimum wage law 40 hour week farm price floors and public housing as American examples. Delegates from 163 denominations in 48 nations attended as plans included a later address by President Eisenhower.

Evanston Charles P_ Taft Taft Robert A. Taft Ohio Assembly of the World Council of Churches Eisenhower

Determined to break up bicycle thefts in Baltimore

A youth named Brearold was fined 100 dollars and costs after a magistrate warned of a crackdown on a wave of bike thefts. Police arrested Emmanuel Anderson who was riding a stolen bicycle and eight other bicycles were recovered in the process. The case notes that about 80 bikes have been reported stolen in the Brooklyn area since January, with gangs dismantling and reassembling parts for sale. Magistrate Vernon H. Wies pledged to jail the next offender in similar cases.

Baltimore Emmanuel Anderson Southern District Vernon H. Wies Brooklyn Wiesand Ito

President Eisenhower denounces crooked fence politics

In Springfield Illinois the president says the country is sick and tired of crooked fence politics and the prophets of doom. He speaks at a Republican Day event at the state fair, signaling a drive to keep Republicans in control of Congress.

Springfield III Eisenhower Minors Congress

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