Water supply hit by Severe lightning in Frederick
Lightning struck a Potomac Edison line feeding the city filtration plant on Gas House Pike. Pressure fell for about five hours from seven to midnight, forcing use of Fishing Creek reservoir and delaying canning factories. No serious fires. repairs took two hours to restore the plant, with 25 plus complaints of fuses and transformers. Telephone and road damage noted. no emergency water station exists. Continued on Page Seven.
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Frederick
Potomac Edison Company
Gas House Pike
Fishing Creek
Potomac Edison
Singapore
Mt. Airy
Farmers’ Coop
London Road
C. & P. Telephone Company
Myersville
Further Shortages Hit Britons After Pound Convertibility Halt
London reports Britain faces new food and essential imports shortages as pounds sterling convertibility into dollars is suspended. Chancellor Hugh Dalton announced the measure to conserve dwindling dollar reserves following Washington talks on the US loan terms. The loan, issued in July 1946, had fallen from 3.75 billion to about 758 million, with a further $450 million withdrawal requested, leaving roughly 308 million.
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London
Hugh Dalton
Britain
Dalton
Washington
United States
Treasury
Fresh British concessions sought in new dollar talks
Washington reports say Britain seeks freedom to buy where it chooses without US retaliation as Anglo-American financial talks press the issue. A decision on revising a clause blocking purchases to use pounds is considered a stopgap to ease Britain’s economic crisis ahead of a broader review. In Cadiz, 156 dead after Monday night arms blast. 150 confirmed dead with about 30 bodies still in wreckage.
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Washington
Britain
London
Cadiz
Spain
Provincial Board of Health
Brewster Says Probers Will Quit January 31
Senator Brewster announces Republicans will not seek an extension of the War Investigating Committee past January 31. He says the group will resume its inquiry into Howard Hughes wartime place contracts on November 17 but has no plans to extend probes in the next session.
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All River
Mass
Brewster
R-Me
Senate War Investigating Committee
Howard Hughes
Joe Martin
Truman
Congress
Tax Cut Fight To Be Renewed
President Truman projects a record Treasury surplus near 5.0 billion for the next June and faces Republican calls for a 1948 tax slash. Senate Appropriations Chair Bridges argues vetoed tax cuts hurt the economy as Truman aims surplus funds for debt retirement and emergencies.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Bridges
Senate Appropriations Committee
Air Truman
Congress
Fall River
Mass
Uncle Sam
Ithus
May Resume Full-Scale War in Indonesia
The Hague Aug 21 A high-placed source says Dutch action in Indonesia may resume on a large scale if the Security Council does not order a ceasefire. A drive on Jogjakarta, Republican capital, has been discussed. Some leaders fear this could split the Catholic-Labor coalition and trigger an emergency cabinet.
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Hague
Indonesia
Security Council
Jogjakarta
Netherlands
Labor
Creager Post Officers Installed At Thurmont
Edwin C. Creager Post No. 168 held its annual officer installation at the Thurmont Legion home with Western Maryland Vice Commander G Ernest Lipps officiating. New officers include Commander Donald J Gardner and 1st vice commander Merel T Ecker. The post annual picnic followed at Camp No 1 in the Catoctin Recreational Area with about 125 members and the Legion Auxiliary. Mrs Mina Edison in New York remained grave after hospital care since July 16 as her condition deteriorated toward coma.
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Legion
Thurmont
Edwin C. Creager
Western Maryland
G. Ernest Lipps
Key Post No
Frederick Post
J. Earl Gilbert
Geo. S. Rodock, Jr
Donald J. Gardner
Merel T. Ecker
Lenius F. Pittinger
Charles D. Kiser
Mr. Groasst
Wm. Sanders
Torian
Paul M. Little, Jr
Beamer Poole
Arlington Flory
Albert Biffle, Jr
Harry Lewis
J. E. Prendergast
Catoctin
Mike” Williams
Legion Auxiliary
Edison
New York
Mina Edison
Thomas Alva Edison
Harkness Pavilion Hospital
Maryland sales tax eyed for exemptions under 20 cents
Maryland Comptroller James J. Lacy estimated the new 2 percent sales tax will yield about 20 million dollars in the first year and said he will study exempting purchases under 20 cents. A preliminary July tally reached 1.275 million, with final effects to be weighed against the state budget needs.
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Baltimore
James J. Lacy
Maryland
Lacy
Walter E Kennedy
Iit
General Assembly
Lane
Heat Waves Grip Midwest As Stalled Canadian Air Lingers
The Associated Press reports extreme heat across the Midwest with temperatures near 100 and higher in Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. South Dakota highs reach 105 while New England Middle Atlantic and Pacific coast readings normalize. A few showers relieve parts of Wisconsin but overall no moisture expected for crops. meanwhile 44 feeder steers died of heat in a Sugar Grove Illinois pasture.
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Associated Press
U. S
Mid- West
Appalachians
Rockies
Chicago Weather Bureau
Mercury
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
South Dakota
New England
Middle Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Wisconsin
Canada
William McCarn
Sugar Grove
Men’s Topcoats May Cost More Next Spring
New York and Wilkes Barre reports warn of higher costs next spring as wages materials and labor rise. Gabardine fabrics see 5 to 7 percent price increases and shortages strain production margins.
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New York
Manufactur
Too Many Tomatoes Crop Rats On Vines As Market Price Falls
Cambridge reports fields rotting as the Eastern Shore tomato belt sinks into market doldrums. Over 220,000 tons expected with 100 plus canneries running 24 hours to process within a short window. prices fall from 45 cents to 30 locally and 20 at Princess Anne. Authorities warn of a critical week as frost hurt early plantings and late blight reduced last year’s crop.
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Cambridge
Eastern Shore
Princess Anne
HE. L. Stier
State Department of
Alarkets
Stier
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Frederick County Dog Licensing Efforts Show Strong Compliance
Sheriff Guy Angers reports more than 7,000 dog licenses issued in Frederick County as authorities urge unlicensed owners to tag their dogs within 10 days. He estimates fewer than 25,000 dogs remain, with stray incidents addressed humanely by deputies and a cooperative city county effort reducing prosecutions.
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Frederick County
Guy Angers
Sheriffs Office
Frederick
Heavy Storm Strikes Shore On Maryland's Eastern Shore
Severe electrical storm ends heat wave as lightning hits more than twenty homes and barns causing up to 15060 dollars in damage. Temperatures drop from 95 to 71 with 0.69 inches of rain. Fruitland volunteers respond to multiple strikes. one dwelling destroyed and firefighter injured in a crash while responding.
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Salisbury
Maryland
Eastern Shore Public Service Company
Fruitland
John Jester
Miford
Del
New American Protest Sent To Russia Over Dairen Occupation
The State Department disclosed a new U S protest to Russia over the Soviet occupation of the Chinese port of Dairen. Price tendencies in New York trading were irregular with a generally lower tone as selling remained on the timid side.
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Russia
Washington
United States
Dairen
State Department
New York
Complaints May Be Wiped Off The Books
Washington reports that under the Taft-Hartley act effective at midnight many union complaints against employers will be dismissed unless unions file non Communist affidavits within 20 days. NLRB chief Robert N. Denham says over 3 000 back cases including plant election petitions will be dropped, marking a shift as the Wagner act ends its 121 year history and a revised act takes effect.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Congress
Truman
Denham
AFL
Sharp Rise In Polio Cases Across States
The year’s sharpest rise in infantile paralysis cases occurred last week with increases in 32 states, though 1947 totals remain the lowest since 1942. Wilmington Delaware closed pools. deaths in 20 states total 30 so far this year. Public Health Service reports 411 new cases for the week ending August 16, 1947, totaling 2,654 for the year.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
U_S_. Public Health Service
Washington
District of Columbia
Public Health Service
May Ban Contracts Stirs AFL Typographical Union
The 89th convention of the AFL International Typographical Union discussed a resolution from its policy committee urging a boycott of signing any further formal contracts with newspaper or commercial printers.
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Cleveland
AFL International Typographical Union
Ballot Boxes Returned After Maryland Election Recount
Sixty one ballot boxes taken to Baltimore in July were brought back to the Court House after the recount of the contested election between Herbert R. O Conor and Brig Gen D John Markey.
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Baltimore
Court House
Herbert R. O'Conor
D. John Markey
Hungary's UN bid rejected by Security Council vote
Hungary failed to gain UN membership as the Security Council voted against admission. Only Syria supported Hungary. the United States vetoed the move while nine members abstained. Delegates noted ex-enemy states would be admitted after peace treaties come into force. In a separate vote, Russia vetoed an Australian proposal to admit Italy after its peace treaty.
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Security Council
Hungary
United Nations
Syria
United States
Russia
Faris el Khoury
Herschel ¥. Johnson
U. S
U. N
Italy
Top Lake Success
Fire Training Short Course to be Held at UMD
Chief James W. Just will preside over the 14th annual Fire Training Short Course at the University of Maryland in College Park from September 2 to 5. The program includes four classes on inspection, pumps care, public speaking and outdoor fire evolutions, plus talks by university and state officials and demonstrations on gas masks sprinklers and extinguishment. The Maryland State Firemen's Association Organizing Committee leads the event with directors and chiefs from regional departments.
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James W. Just
University of Maryland
University of Maryland In
College Park
Dean S. S. Steinberg
College of Engineering
Curtis C. Larri- More
H. C. Byrd
University
Charles R. Stallings, Jr
Pikesville
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
Claude A. Hanley
Baltimore
Emmet C. Cox
Western Acturial Bureau
Chicago
Fire Department
A. M. Peel
Washington
Alfred N. Henschell
Alose Chemical Company
Providence
John BI. Brown
Seat Pleasant
Joseph A.giammatteo
Gien Echo
George Mayer, Jr
Easton
Roland B
Duke
Man's Bail Set At Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars
George Melvin Gilbert of Woodsboro was discharged from Frederick Memorial Hospital after nearly two months recovering from a broken leg and a revolver wound inflicted by Deputy Sheriff George F. Crouse during an alleged burglary attempt at Webster R. Smith’s Woodsboro home on June 25. Gilbert is on a $3500 bond, $2500 for burglary and the rest for a prior larceny of dams last spring. Crouse and Deputy Richard M. Ruthvin had been staking out the Smith residence after Smith reported intruder activity. Gilbert was shot when he did not stop as ordered.
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George Melvin Gilbert
Woodsboro
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George F. Crouse
Webster R. Smith
Gilbert
Crouse
Richard M. Ruthvin
Smith
Edwin F. Nikirk
Guy Anders
Education surge reshapes American colleges postwar
The Nation Today notes a postwar rise in education interest driven by the GI Bill and war experience. The Office of Education asks Congress for renewed funding to boost social sciences exact sciences and physical education. Colleges weigh expanding, and three plans emerge: residence extension centers public junior colleges and private junior colleges with local support.
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Jerry Korn
James Marien
Washington
Congress
United States Office of Education
Hitler
Office of Education
University of North Carolina
British ultimatum to Exodus refugees sparks transport threat
British authorities warned about 4,400 Jewish refugees aboard three ships off southern France to disembark by noon tomorrow or be moved to Germany. If they refuse, the ships would sail to the British zone of Germany for immediate disembarkation, with Bergen-Belsen or Hohne camps as reception sites.
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London
Britain
France
Germany
Foreign Office
Palestine
Holy Land
Port de Bouc
Hemburg
International Refugee Organization
Bergen-Belsen
Hohne
Belsen
Relief Frauds Charged In Baltimore State Recheck Scandal
Balt imore Aug 21 Trials set to begin Tuesday in criminal court before Judge Herman M. Moser for 100 defendants charged with fraudulently receiving state relief fund rechecks.
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Baltimore
Criminal Court
Herman M. Moser
U S Russian relations deteriorate over Korea and Austria
Washington reports indicate open talk of abandoning current Korean and Austrian negotiation tracks in favor of new approaches. A Library of Congress study warns that Soviet foreign policy aims to reshape world order to favor communism. Russia protests the proposed conference on German industry, but London says talks will begin.
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United States
Britain
China
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
London
Vienna Commission of Experts
Moscow
Austria
Library of Congress
Kremlin
Lenin
Washington
Foreign Office
Great Britain
France
Eggs, Butter Surplus Lead to Reckless Driving Guilty
Detroit resident Mrs Grace Kluger complained she received 26 dozen eggs and 25 pounds of butter instead of one dozen. Albert Miller, a butter and egg salesman, stopped at her home causing a crash when his truck overturned on her lawn. the Traffic Judge convicted him of reckless driving and imposed a fine.
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Detroit
Grace Kluger
John M. Wise
Albert
Miller
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Singanore
Probers
Creager
Wilkes-Barre
Anthracite Institute
General Moiers Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
National Association of Food Chains
U.S
Korea
Marshall
Soviet Union
Molotov
Joint Commission
Seoul
Treaty Commission
Vienna
Robert A. Lovett
Joseph M. Dodge
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