Drouth Is Broken By Heavy Rains
Heavy showers swept Frederick County Saturday evening and night, delivering a rainfall of 1.06 inches at the airport and heavier amounts in some areas. The first inch-plus total since mid May, the storm eased the region’s dry spell as cooler, sunny conditions were expected, with crop benefits noted by County Agent Henry R. Shoemaker. Lightning caused little damage beyond blown fuses, and Fishing Creek dam levels remained about a foot below normal despite the heavy rain.
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Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
Potomac Edison Co
Fishing Creek
North Atlantic
Canada
Tried death by own action Parolee Held
Homer O Hendricks a 50 year old former Washington tax attorney and ex Texas state legislator awaiting return to Maryland penitentiary as a parole violator after he reportedly tried to kill himself in his Bethesda home. He was paroled July 20 after serving nearly four years of a 10 year manslaughter sentence for shooting his wife Oct 2 1946. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. A parole officer referred Hendricks to Montgomery county jail. He reportedly bit his hand when placed in a cell and much of his clothing was removed as a precautionary measure. Friends wanted him committed to a mental institution but he must return to the penitentiary first.
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Rockville
Homer O. Hendricks
Washington
Maryland
Texas
Bethesda
Hendricks
Gertrude
Ruth V. Cochran
Cochran
Montgomery County
Joseph Moxley
Kline Low Bidder On Two Virginia Roads
Richard F. Kline Frederick roads contractor submitted low bids totaling 167 461 27 to the State Highway Department for two Virginia road and bridge projects. Route 634 in Loudoun County will see seven and three tenths miles of hard surfacing Aldie to Airmont. Route 287 between Wheatland and Brunswick bridge in Loudoun County will receive macadam pavement over two and two tenths miles. Large project bids 87 923 27 and 79 538 were recorded.
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Virginia
State Highway Department
Richard F. Kline
Frederick Roads
Loudoun County
Aldie
Airmont
Kline
Wheatland
Brunswick Bridge
Brunswick
Leesburg
Condition of streams at Buckeystown and Point of Rocks
Streams report describes Monocacy slightly cloudy at Buckeystown Dam while Potomac remains clear on the Maryland side and slightly cloudy on the Virginia side at Point of Rocks. The contrast notes water clarity differences between the two nearby river sections.
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Buckeystown Dam
Potomac
Maryland
Virginia
Point of Rocks
Two Boats Collision Sparks $2000 Pocketbook Search
Crisfield sighted a boat scramble after Mrs Edna Sterling lost a $2000 purse when her craft tangled with a 40 foot speedboat off Tangier Sound Jane Itland. Harwood Sterling anchored his 26 foot craft and was rammed. both Sterlings were rescued unharmed by the opposing boat.
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Crisfield
Edna Sterling
Sterling
Mrs. Sterling
McCready
New England Weathered First Major Hurricane Offshore
A major hurricane skirted New England with 100 mph winds near its center and 55 mph gusts along Nantucket and Cape Cod. Coast Guard warnings helped avert ship losses while eight fishermen were marooned off Warren's Point and rescued by lifeguards and state police.
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Boston
New England
Nantucket
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
North Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Nantucket Island
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Edison Mariner
Block Island
R. 1
Russell R. Jones
Jacksonville
Fla
Quonset Point
Squantum Naval Air Bases
New York Primaries To Be Held Tuesday
The Associated Press reports New York Democrats and Republicans choose candidates for 45 House seats in primaries tomorrow with most nominees as sitting members. Wyoming Mississippi and Delaware option details noted and statewide contests in Texas runoff hint at party choices for New York Governor Senator and New York City mayoral race.
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Associated Press
New York
Wyoming
Mississippi
Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs
Texas
New York State
New York City
Knaves in Court Poker Session Opens Federal Calendar
In Los Angeles on August 21 Judge Ben Harrison presided as courtroom spectators and the clerk played a game of poker with the calendar. Three Chinese defendants Qing Fi Wong Low and Lucy Jak faced charges of crossing the border without proper credentials. The judge treated the session as a card game ordering each to ante up one year in the Federal Jackpot.
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Los Angeles
Ben Harrison
Murray Wire
Qoung Fi
Wong Low
Lucy Jak
Harrison
Strikes Reach Major Rail Centers As Nation Feels Impact
Washington reports Truman ordering labor talks as two large rail unions start brief strikes at three midwest terminals serving defense industries. Farther, two short lines with links to steel producers plan walkouts amid a 17 month dispute over pay and a 40 hour week without wage cuts. Republic Steel cuts output and lays workers as strikes ripple through the sector.
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Washington
Midwest
Cleveland
Louisville
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Truman
White House
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Elgin, Joliet
Eastern Terminal Company
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
Fake US prisoners photo linked to WWII POWs
Former sergeant Lloyd Mabray in Dallas says a widely shared image described by Communists as showing American prisoners in Korea was actually shot in France during 1944. He guarded a pontoon bridge, witnesses say the scene shows Europeans freed from a German camp marching past arches on a Mozelle river locale, later miscaptioned by ADN and used in Stars and Stripes and a London newspaper.
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Dallas
Korea
France
Lloyd Mabray
Stars and Stripes
London
ADN
Seoul
Mabray
Mozelle
Nancy
Red Cross
Presidential Party Passes Through City
The Presidential party led by President Truman and family left Shangri La near Thurmont en route to Washington at 8 34 this morning with Secret Service protection. The journey followed a weekend retreat stay the first in a year. City police reported the motor trip occurred shortly before noon Saturday on the way to the retreat. He arings held as County Commissioners and assessors meet to discuss LInganore district valuations with residents present at the Court House offices.
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Catoctin
Shangri-La
Thurmont
Washington
Secret Service
Truman
Board of County Commissioners
Linganore District
Court House
Slayer Of Ridge Dies In Maryland Shootout Case
Hagerstown August 2 retired vaudeville strongman Steve Oris, 60, who shot Trooper Lauren M Ridge on July 14 after a dispute over condemned property for a road, died today of wounds. Ridge, Maryland’s first in line of duty trooper, died after incidents led to Oris being indicted for murder and held under guard at the hospital.
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Hagerstown
Steve Oris
Oris
Lauren M. Ridge
Ridge
Washington County Hospital
Possesmen
Maryland
Washington County
Grand Jury
Orison
Two Are Unhurt In City Accident
Two Route 5 residents escaped injury when their cars collided at West Third and North Bentz streets. Damage exceeded $100. Millard C. Stockman 59 and Willie W Wilson 36 were the drivers. Stockman operated a 1931 Ford westbound on Third Street when it hit Wilson’s 1947 Studebaker sedan headed north on Bentz Street. Stockman reportedly did not stop at a stop sign. No charges were filed.
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Route 5
West Third
North Bentz Streets
Ralph Potts
Millard C. Stockman
Willie W. Wilson
Ford
Stockman
Third Street
Wilson
Studebaker
Anti Inflation Bill Passage Seen Assured
Washington August 2 The Senate prepared to vote on a home front mobilization bill giving President Truman broad emergency powers over the economy The measure includes credit restrictions defense production features and authority for wage price controls and rationing The House had approved a similar bill on August 10 Administration leaders expected Senate passage and opposed special privilege amendments The CIO warned such changes would cost consumers billions and distort the bill An anti Communist program was being discussed in the Senate among administration opposed moves to shape economic controls
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
CIO
Harness and Hay Prices Hit Highs at Olney Sale
A wartime demand surge pushed top bids at T Calvin Qwens’s sale in Olney on Saturday. Prices soared for harnesses, bridles, saddles, and sleighs while riding horses averaged about 135 dollars. Hay and feed priced up, cows and calves strong, hogs rising. the Montgomery county event drew around 2,000 spectators and lasted eight hours. Auctioneers Null and Null, with Horace M. Alexander as clerk.
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T. Calvin Qwens
Olney
Frederick High School
Montgomery County
Null
Horace M. Alexander
Russia May Delay Korea War Move Until Stronger
Washington reports that Moscow faces a critical choice on whether to intervene openly in Korea as North Korea's fortunes waver. Officials note Russia's massive army, air power, and growing submarine fleet, but expect two to five years may pass before they risk a broader war while increasing stockpiles of weapons and atomic bombs.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Moscow
United Nations
United States
Cheap Money Financing Of War Foreseen
The Treasury aims to fund Korea with cheap money while the Federal Reserve Board seeks to raise borrowing costs. Officials plan low government rates to fund wartime debt, but the Fed will curb inflation by tightening money supply and raising bank lending costs. Critics say policy may conflict, inflation and debt dynamics differ.
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New York
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Anany
Wall Street
Fedtakia
Reserve Bank of New York Today
Slight Upturn In Korean War News
Tokyo reports a modest increase in war news from Korea as U S forces restrict press access. The Eighth Army removed press telephones and teletype from advanced headquarters and urged filing from Pusan rather than Taegu due to limited communications. Only 60 words daily per correspondent were allowed from HQ, with a pool option rejected by reporters.
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Tokyo
Korea
U . S. Eighth Army
Pusan
Taegu
Japan
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
Army
Headpanarters
United States
U S Troops Urged to Quit Korea by Student Speaker
Prague Aug 21 A Negro American Chester Davis spoke for the committee for international student cooperation urging U S soldiers to end intervention in Korea. He denounced bombing and called for an end to the war. About 1 500 attendees from 72 countries heard him. He refused to disclose his school or address.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Korea
Chester Davis
Committee For International Student Cooperation
United States
Davis
International Union of Students
Mahoney Placed As Fiscal Ignorant In Speech
Baltimore Aug 21 Governor Lane and Gov candidate Mahoney clashed over Maryland finances. Lane called Mahoney stubborn and said his tax chart misleads by not showing how 45 percent of the 80 percent rise is redistributed to counties and towns. Kane denounced the chart as propaganda and urged correcting figures.
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Baltimore
Lane
George P. Mahoney
Mahoney
Kane
Maryland
Drunk Driver Fined Two Hundred Dollars In Maryland
A Hagerstown man was fined 200 dollars and 75 cents after a drunken driving arrest at Ellerton Myersville road and Route 40. Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg ordered sixty days in jail with costs. LeRoy G. Brightwell of South Market Street paid 245 dollars after conviction for speeding. Multiple collateral forfeitures ranged from 6 to 26 dollars for offenses including muffler and license violations. Arrests were conducted by State Troopers Myers, Whitney, and others.
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Hagerstown
Manuel M. Weinberg
Peoplex Court
Mernin
Evans
Ellerton- Myersville
Richard A. Myers
LeRoy G. Brightwell
South Market Street
Maynard J. Whitney
Frederick
William G. Johnson
Washington
Charles E. Kearney
West Mifflin
Howard E. Lyles
Clarksburg
Daniel G. Brown
Maryland
Melvin W. Repp
York
Thomas £. Hann
H. P. Qo*brien
James Stonesifer
Theodore F. Snyder
Whitney
Gillette and MBC win TV rights for 1950 World Series
The Gillette Safety Razor Company and the Mutual Broadcasting Company won television rights for the 1950 World Series for 800000 dollars. Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler announced the deal in New York. The same firms will hold national broadcasting rights for 175000 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Mutual Broadcasting Company Today
A. B. Chandler
Prospective draftees to undergo pre-induction exams in Baltimore
Sixteen local men were slated to be taken to Baltimore this morning for pre induction physical examinations, according to reliable sources.
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Baltimore
Taegu Threat Is Broken By Planes and Guns
Allied forces report a three day toll of 11 000 casualties inflicted on Red Koreans as they tried to break the UN line near Taegu and Pusan. South Korean naval units off the southern coast reportedly knocked out two Red ships and damaged another. Night air and artillery aided a defense that halted a Red drive and allowed South Korean forces to regain ground near Taegu while advancing on the eastern front above Pohang and along the Masan Chinju axis on the south coast.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Taegu
Chinju
Pusan
Pohang
Associated Press
Stay Swinton
Americana
Haman
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Masan
Kumbhwa
Sea of Japan
Kigye
South Korea
U. S. 28Th Infantry
Masan-Chinju
MacArthur
Mason
Aerialist Dies At Suburban Carnival Show
Pittsburgh aerialist Joseph Phillips, 42, died from a fractured spine after a fall from a trapeze during a climactic stunt at the Amvets of Homeville carnival. Hundreds witnessed the fatal plunge as the show ended.
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Pittsburgh
Death Today
Homeville
Joseph Phillips
Amvets of
Pivillipa
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Lucas
U. S
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