Hailstorm Damages Crops Across County and Floods Streets
A severe afternoon hailstorm struck scattered county areas, especially eastern Braddock mountain slopes, shredding corn and damaging crops while heavy rain flooded Middletown streets. Marble to pea sized hail fell over 15 minutes, with winds flattening crops and leaving stalks and ears as the visible remnants. Some Yellow Springs residents reported hail a foot deep around homes, and a 20 degree temperature drop accompanied two storms over the city.
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Braddock Mountain
Yellow Springs
Rocky Springs
Shookstown
Middletown
Frederick
High Knob
Fishing Creek
Winfield
Carrow County
Potomas Edison Company
5000 Here Eligible For Terminal Leave Pay
Frederick county veterans and officers rush for application forms as the President signs the act granting terminal leave pay. About 3,000 to 3,300 of the 6,500 county veterans may qualify, with payments ranging from under 50 dollars to bonds, while many seek details on timing and the difference between leave and furlough. Local VA and Maryland Veterans Commission offices report high call volumes and free notary help is offered.
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Frederick City
Land County
She Rush
Ofice
Maryland
Veterans Commission
United States Veterans Administration
G. Ernest Lipps
Maryland Veterans Commission
Lipps
Samuel Weston
Veterans Administration
Frederick County
Post Office
Stultz Named Plant Superintendent at Union Manufacturing
G William Stultz has been appointed plant superintendent of the Union Manufacturing Company after 35 years with the hosiery maker. He replaces the vacancy left when Louis L. Wilson became president and GM in 1935. E Bryan Rice succeeds as assistant superintendent. Stultz is active in church and civic groups in Braddock Heights and holds roles with the Salvation Army Advisory Board Federated Charities and the Lions Club.
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Union Manufacturing Company
G. William Stultz
Louis L. Wilson
Stultz
Wilson
E. Bryan Rice
Braddock Heights
First Baptist Church
Salvation Army
Lynch Lodge of Masons
Federated Charities
Lions Club
U. M
Pressure Relaxes in Torn Stock Market Amid Moderated Trade
New York report notes selling pressure eases in a torn stock market on August 20 1947 while most teachers show only modest gains with no real vigor.
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New York
Continuation Of Hospital In Brunswick Sought
Efforts to secure federal funds for Brunswick hospital continuation proceed with Senator Funk and Dr. Riley seeking information on a Truman era hospital program. Sources note possible one third federal aid for new hospitals though grants remain uncertain. Local leaders urge timely guidance as Schnauffer Hospital remains closed and the building awaits use.
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Brunswick
John B. Funk
U. S
Millard E. Tyding
Truman
Senate
R. H. Riley
State Board of Health
Funk
Citizens”Committee
Schnauffer Hospital
Willem Sc
Bruns Wink
Tito Front Line Patrol For Russians
AP analysis notes rising East-West tensions as Tito appears to back Russia in a broader contest. Observers see two World views, intensified probing along the Danube and in Korea Manchuria and Afghanistan, with Western powers firming stance and fear of propaganda shaping Europe.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
United States
Yugoslavia
Panay
Bosporus
Tito
Russia
United Nations Council
Danube
America
Moscow
Korea
Manchuria
China
Afghanistan
Middle East
Italy
Red Army
Vienna
Far East
Europe
Yugoslavian Signals Not Understood
Capt William Crombie, East Longmeadow, recounts a U S Army transport forced down in Yugoslavia after Yugoslav fighters signaled to land. A bullet wounded a Turkish captain. crash landed in a cornfield near Ljubljana. One U S plane was shot down on the Vienna Udine route. diplomatic case follows.
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Gorizia
Italy
UTI
Yuga Avi
Sas Judey Jie Wa
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Yugoslavia
Crombie
Whuidder
Ljublajana
Fourth Army
United States
U. S
Belgrade
Ljubljana
Kranj
Bel-grade
Patterson Denounces Yugoslavia Shooting Down U S Planes
Secretary of War Robert P Patterson angrily denounced Yugoslavia for shooting down unarmed American planes and urged support for demanding actions. He referenced the Army buildup and warned that modern war requires early preparation. Also notes a concert at Baker Park and a 48 hour work week proposal by the CIO National Maritime Union amid a Great Lakes strike.
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Lowell
Mass
Robert P. Patterson
Yugoslavia
Patterson
The
American Legion
Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Detrick Technician Returns From West Coast Trip
Dr. Norbert H. Fell, Chemical Warfare Service technician at Camp Detrick, came back from a two week journey to California and western Canada. He met with scientists at Caltech in Los Angeles and the University of California in Berkeley, and visited the Canadian Chemical Warfare Service station in Suffield, Alberta.
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Norbert H. Fell
Chemical Warfare Service
Camp Detrick
California
Canada
California Institute of Technology
Los Angeles
Fly of California
U.ival Research Unit No. 1
Berkeley
Canadian
Chemical Warfare Service Experimental Station
Suffield
Alberta
Bell
Fell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Buick Motor Company
Biological Manufacturing
Parke, Davis and Co
Detroit
Yugoslavia Folds Complaint Over Danube Vessels At UN
Yugoslavia filed a note with the United Nations seeking agenda inclusion for the Security Council to discuss alleged detention and seizure of Yugoslav ships on the upper Danube. Moscow radio quoted Yugoslav delegate Dr. Stampar as asking the UN secretary general to place the issue on August 31, with authorities in Belgrade referencing 16 ships, 18 tankers, 119 barges and other vessels as German looted property now in American zones.
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New York
Moscow
Yu- Rosinyin
Titan Cinta
United Nations Security Council
UW. ON
Economic and Social Council
Danube
Andrija Stampar
United States
Trygve Lie
U. N
London
Yugoslavia
Council
Upper
United Nations
Tass
Belgrade
Stamper
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Austria
Germany
U. S
Cuan
Investia
I ‘Serted
Corn Leads Downturn as Demand Fails to Materialize
Chicago grain trade opened with weak demand and selling pressure. Corn led losses with declines exceeding one cent at times as buyers failed to appear after the prior session.
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Chicago
Yugoslav US Plane Incident Eases Tensions
The August acknowledging Yugoslavia freed seven Americans and two Hungarians after a Yugoslav shoot down incident and Tito pledged not to fire on foreign planes. U.N. Security Council members voiced relief while Yugoslavia promised to provide satisfaction, with Moscow and allied states pressing on tensions at the council.
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Washinghm
Marshial Tito
U. S
Richita O. Patterson
Tito
Nito
Patterson
Americat Em‘bagsy
Yugoslavia
Balkan
United States
Explosion and Fire Raze Huntington Home Killing Baby
A blast destroyed a two story frame house in Huntington West Virginia killing an 18 month old Negro infant and injuring two other family members. Firefighters fought the blaze to prevent spread to neighboring homes as investigators suspected a gas explosion. The blast shattered windows blocks away.
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Huntington
W. Va
Clifford Jarrell
Fist
False Yugoslav mobilization report spreads in Prague
Prague officials deny a claim that Yugoslavia mobilized after Premier Mar seat THe Ard allegedly ordered mobilization. CTK issued a calming statement saying United Press report from London was unfounded and denied by Yugoslav authorities. CTK investigates the placard incident as newspapers report the broader regional treaty context.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Mar
Ard
Yugnslav
CTK
United Press
London
Yugoslavia
Germany
New York
Russians report U S Yugoslav dispute in Soviet press
Soviet readers received a roundup of dispatches on the U S Yugoslav row with a Belgrade story quoting Marshal Tito about American planes over Fudosti. A Tass summary noted the American note to Yugoslavia but did not publish its text, while a New York Times account was cited as the sharpest in U S diplomacy.
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Moscow
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Fudosti
Yugoslavia
Washington
Tass
New York
New York Times
Local Church Names Pastor for Frederick Brethren
Rev. Paul W. Kinsel of Brookville Ohio accepts the pastorate of the Frederick Church of the Brethren succeeding Rev. Ralph E. Shober who moved to Roanoke Virginia. Kinsel will arrive next month with wife Naomi and their child Barbara Ann. He holds degrees from Manchester College Ohio State University and Bethany Biblical Seminary and has pastored in West Alexandria and southern Ohio.
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Paul W. Kinsel
Brookville
Frederick Church
Ohio State University
Bunedrake Theological Seminary
West Alexandria
Church of the Brethren
Ohio
Bethany Biblical Seminary
Naomi Vo Erbaugh
New Lebanon
Ong
Barbara Ann
Kinsel
Brethren Young People's Department
Southern Kia
Board of Christian Education
Southern Ohio
General Board of Christian Education
Elgin
Brethren Service Committee
Kinsel Psato
Frederick Abnit
Mack
Indianapolis
Ind
Frederick
Five American flyers held after Yugoslav shootdown
Report says Yugoslav Fourth Army doubted parachute safety for five American airmen shot down by Yugoslav fighters. Trieste reports say seven Americans and two Europeans detained for two weeks were freed and treated well. a Turkish captain remained in hospital.
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Washington
Figtetetin
Trieste
Yugoslavia
United States
Morgan Line
Ta P
Ljubljana
State Street resurfacing delayed to spring projects
State Roads Commission official Russell H. McCain says resurfacing of Market and Patrick streets is postponed to next spring. The bid contract is unlikely this year due to funding gaps. Construction on the Sandy Hook Bridge superstructure over the Potomac is planned to begin early 1947 with steel delivery expected near January first.
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Market
Patrick Street
State Roads Commission
Russell H. McCain
Commission
McCain
Sandy Hook
Potomac River
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U.S
Ava
Shell
Baker Park
Frederick High School
Sperry L. Storm
Lloyd C. Culler
Robert L. Smith
Smith
Rehairman
Detrick
Trip West
D.reidi Colvin
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc
Shirley Tempte
Yasodavia
Clongestt
Tassia
Erl
Velloso
Britain
Nev, Paul W. Kinsel
Paris
Ofiver
Gorizin S
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