300 Teachers Meet Here In Conference
More than 300 teachers gathered in Frederick this morning to plan next year's work for county public schools as classes begin September 3. Sessions at Frederick High and Lincoln High run through Friday with E W Pruitt leading the five day event assisted by Dr Wilbur Devilbiss Miss Grace Alder and others from the State Department of Education.
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Frederics
Frederick High School
Lincoln High School
Frederick County
E. W. Pruitt
Wilbur Devilbiss
Grace Alder
State Department of Education
Charles E. Henson
Virginia Parton
State Department
F.hs
Devilbiss
Harold Moser
State Teachers’ College
Towson
Louise Thompson
Charlotte Barkier
Biss Parton
Paul Hoffington
Maryland
Margaret Wiles
Public Health Nursing
Health Department
Petkov appeal reaches Bulgarian High Court
Nikola Petkovy’s defence lawyers filed an appeal with Bulgaria’s Supreme Court to overturn a death sentence from August 16 after his conviction for conspiring against the communist government. The United States and Britain pressed Russia to join an international probe, but Moscow rejected it as Bulgaria’s internal matter. Meanwhile in Berlin, Cecil N. Dickson of Seattle said U.S. troops in Germany were well behaved and had good off duty facilities.
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Sofia
Alttormers
Nikola Petkovy
Bulgarian Supreme Court
United States
Britain
Russia
Petkov
Allied Control Commission For
Bulgaria
Moscow
Ofce
Two Charmers Trick Springfield Youths In Night Tour
Aug 25 mass story reports forty young Romeos duped by a newspaper ad promising two charming young ladies. Twenty couples drove off in twenty autos for city tours after answering the bid to meet at St James Avenue and Bowdoin Street at 6 p m.
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Springfield
Mass
May Stery
St. Janes Avenue
Bowdoin Street
Fingerprint efforts fail on Harrison car theft case
Police say no fingerprints were found on the automobile of Francis P. Harrison of Greenwood South Carolina after it was stolen from a local tourist home and recovered in Baltimore. Valuable Army records were found inside the car. other items including a $60 camera and golf clubs were missing and expected to be identified. Police do not believe the robbery was the work of a local person.
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Francis P. Harrison
Greenwood
S. C
Baltimore
Army
Harrison
Sol
Harrisons
Storm Howls Itself Out In Texas Gulf Coast Damage
A tropical storm battered Galveston and Texas City with heavy rain and damage including unroofed homes and downed lines. One man died from an electric shock and a small boat crew was feared dead. Texas City saw no major damage while the east coast faced heat with 90 degree temperatures forecast.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
North Central States
Texas City
Train Fire Kills 27. Film Operator Arrested
A suburban train fire near Berlin in the Russian zone killed 27 people and injured more than 45. Police say a locomotive spark ignited inflammable film carried by operator Max Eichholz, who faced charges over transport regulations for the film.
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Berlin
Simoperstor
Max Eichholz
Local Temperature In Nineties Again
The day marks a return to the midsummer heat with a high near 93 in the city after a three day break. Thunderstorms possible today or tomorrow, cooler by Wednesday with a near 95 degree afternoon heat if showers hold off. Eight of the past thirteen days saw highs between 92 and 97 as night temps hovered in the 60s.
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Tomorow
Wedemeyer look for U S aid as corruption probes in China spark debate
Wedemeyer's farewell speech condemns graft and calls for reforms while urging substantial U S assistance. Executive Yuan orders one month to replace corrupt officials. Pravda claims Nanking plans a new offensive aided by the United States. Far north west clashes report Mongolian cavalry incursions near Peitashan in Sinkiang.
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Ernment
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
Wedemeyer
Truman
Chiang Nai-Shek
Executive Yuan
Cabinet
Pravda
Moscow
Nanking
China
Wedemeyers
Peitashan
Sinkiang
Hsin Min Pao
Tinwa
Northwest
County Man Fined After Accident
A multiple vehicle wreck near Ellerton and Route 240 led to fines for Edmund Shroyer for failing to stop at a stop sign and for Joel Smith on a reckless driving charge. Benjamin Raeder and his family were injured. a second collision case involved Dorothy Fawley and Smith with minor damage and no injuries.
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Reithengerstown
Ellerton
Peoples Court
Benjamin G. Raeder
Miami
Edmund K. Shroyer
Myersville
Shroyer
Manuel M. Weinberg
Raeder
Myron
Baeder
Harold Stotler
Baltimore
Raeders
Steitlers
Berton Road
W. Jerome Offutt
L. M. Ridge
Joel B. Smith
Washington
Route 240
Frederick
Smith
Dorothy Lee Fawley
Ridge
Miss Fawley
Ten killed at grade crossing near Denver
A southbound train crashed into a jammed car at a grade crossing injuring and killing ten people. Coroner Ivan Joss listed four adults and six children among the dead, including Harold and Mrs Rathbun and their seven children, plus a relative from Kansas. Police said the train traveled over a quarter mile before stopping.
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Denver
Ivan Joss
Arapahoe County
Joss
Harold E. Rathbun
Vesper
Kas
Earl Strange
Lincoln
Charles Foster
Colorado and Southern Railway
19-Inch Bass Jumps Into Boat During Potomac Trip
Frederick painter Glenn R. Nikirk and State's Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk fishing on the Potomac river witness a 19-inch bass jump into their boat after they drop anchors near Lander. The anglers secure the fish with minor finger injuries and fail to catch more bass, though they reel in sunfish.
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Edwin F. Nikirk
Glenn R. Nikirk
Frederick Painter
Potomac River
Lander
Mr. Nikirk
De Gaulle announces RPE to run in Paris elections as truce bid
Paris August 25 Charles de Gaulle says the Rally of the French People will enter the October 1 municipal elections not as a party but to forge a truce among quarrels not affecting France. The move frames a nonpartisan approach amid local contest tensions.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RPE
France
Mundt Panel to Probe Voice of America in Europe
The Mundt committee plans a Europe trip to evaluate American influence and the Voice of America reach. They face limited access, uncertain schedules, and reliance on officials and embassies to gauge audience and impact. A few trained staffers will manage logistics while members dispute method.
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Washington
NEA
Congressional
State Department
Karl Mundt
Europe
America
Voice of America
Mundt
Congress
Department
Foreign Information Activites
Russia
Esc
U. S
State Departments
City Pool Outdated Plans for New or Improved Facility
Mayor Lloyd C. Culler announced plans to survey options for a new pool in Baker Park or improvements to the current facility before next summer. City Engineer W Raymond Walter will assess the situation and produce presentation plans. Officials note fencing needs replacement and complaints about the pool bottom persist.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Baker Park
W. Raymond Walter
Admiral King Improves as He Sits Up in Bethesda Room
The Navy reports Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King has improved and is up and about in his Bethesda Naval Hospital room. He entered the hospital ten days ago with hardening of the arteries and signs of a mild stroke without paralysis.
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Washington
Navy
Ernest J. King
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Naval Operations
Baltimore Woman Strangled by Husband Authorities Say
A 53 year old woman was found dead in her apartment in Baltimore as Police Lt. Ralph Amrein reported her husband Lawrence Riemer 36 confessed to strangling her with a leather belt. Magistrate Frank Schap ordered Riemer held without bail on a charge of assault by strangling causing death.
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Baltimore
Pera
Ralph Amrein
Frank Schap
Lawrence Riemer
Agnes Riemer
Britain Faces Dollar Shortage After War Aid
The article explains Britain's postwar dollar shortage and the June 1947 convertibility arrangement. It details how the United States lent 3.75 billion dollars with a convertibility clause, causing tensions as pounds were swapped for dollars. Britain paused swaps, planned tighter convertibility rules, and sought continued aid while awaiting a larger recovery.
British Cabinet Convenes to Address Economic Crisis
London Aug 25 Britain's cabinet met in special session to review a Treasury mission report from Sir Wilfred Ead and plan new measures for the economy. Key issues include sterling convertibility suspension and potential food price cuts. Attlee also proposed longer miners shifts to boost output amid a five day week and coal concerns.
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London
Britain
Wilfred Ead
Treasury
Washington
Hiel
Attlee
Man Finds Pistols in Bag on Way to Church
Carl Sutherland found five pistols and five and two half boxes of ammunition in a small black bag while on the way to a Sunday sermon in Atlanta. He turned the bag over to police and continued to church peacefully.
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Atlanta
Carl Sutherland
Cnal
Government begins cashing terminal pay bonds soon
Washington August 25 The government starts cashing terminal pay bonds one week from today. About 5 990 000 bonds worth 1 800 009 000 have been issued with 5 000 000 more veterans eligible to apply. They have one year and one week to cash them. Estimates of those converting to cash range from 56 percent. Bonds carry 2 percent interest and may be redeemed at any institution authorized to handle war bonds. Maryland Virginia and West Virginia show high applicant numbers with 133 920 179 800 and 128 960 respectively.
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Britain
Jerry Koen
James Marlow
Washington
United States
Golve
Western Hemisphere
England
G. S
Wilfred Eady
Ta J
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Frederick Tailoring Company Outing at Tolchester Beach
The Frederick Tailoring Company held its annual outing on Saturday at Tolchester Beach with 350 employees and guests traveling in eleven buses under escort by a State Trooper. Box lunches were provided, and new Social Club officials were announced aboard the boat. The group returned to Baltimore by 7 p m after swimming and picnicking. Deeds were recorded for multiple property sales including 516 Trail Avenue and 300 East Third Street in Urbana and a 76 acre farm on Park Streets Road.
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Court House
Rockville
Shreve
Dickerson
White's Ferry Road
Dennis L. Smith
Washington
Mi Sphraim
Frederick County
Malcolm L. Merriam
Grontgomeryr Court
R. Ed Brown
John E. Oxley
Yessi L. Carr
W. Jerom Futt
East Street
Lucy Scott
Scotts
Bir
Harry D. Axine
Benjamin B. Rosensieck
Emmett FR Bowilus
Frederick Tailoring Company
Tolchester Beach
Baltimore City Line
Frederick
Tolchester
Baltimore City
Stanley Sagner
Eliott Shaffer
Helen Handley
Caroline Fout
Louise Kinsey
Helen Gaither
Baltimore
Ritchie D. Zimmerman
Margaret C. Zimmerman
Mildred O. Zimmerman
George H. Smith
Trail Avenue
P. Luther Rice
Mir
Strange H. Talbott
East Third Street
Dirs. Erven S. Butt
Jean C. Pack
Park Stills Road
Urbana
Boy Catches Larger Bass On Potomac Trip
A 12 year old, Robert Burchett, of 45 East Patrick Street, caught a two pound bass and a one and a half pound catfish while fishing with his father Floyd Burchett and Francis Dutrow at Nol an s Ferry on the Potomac. He used minnows for bait and landed the fish himself.
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Potomac
Nolan's Ferry
Buckeystown
Robert Burchett
East Patrick Street
Floyd A. Burchett
Francis E Dutrow
North Market Street
Tsaldaris Hopes Broad Coalition For New Greek Cabinet
Greek premier designate Constantin Tsaldaris aims to form a broad coalition government to replace the fallen Maximos cabinet. The United States embassy aids Greece with 590 million in supplies and urges Liberal participation led by Sophoulis. Tsaldaris seeks a joint direction with Sophoulis for presidency of the ministerial council while Tsaldaris would be prime minister. Sophoulis has not publicly replied and talks with King Paul occurred.
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Athens
Constantin Tsaldaris
Demetrios Maximos
United States
Greece
Themistokles Sophouuls
Sophoulis
Tsaldaris
Paul
Maximos
Social Democrats
George Papandreou
Greek Situation Could Cause War Says National Commander
National Commander Paul H. Griffith warned that the crisis in Greece could trigger a world war on short notice. He advocated troop action if needed to enforce the Truman doctrine and said the Legion’s executive committee largely supports aid to Greece and Turkey against a foreign ideology.
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New York
Paul H. Griffith
American Legion
Greece
Legion
Turkey
War Contracts To Be Aired During September
Washington reports hearings will open September 9 on government war contracts. Chairman Bender of the House Expenditures Subcommittee said 93 cases referred to the Justice Department involve millions in possible fraud and overpayments that remain unprosecuted. He warned a public airing on Capitol Hill is needed to clear up these cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Bender
Ohio
House
Justice Department
Prelate Injured in Yugoslav Venezia Giulia Attack
An Angelian news dispatch reports a mob in Venezia Giulia injuring a prelate and killing a local priest who defended him. In Jackson Mississippi the late Theodore Bilbo’s Senate seat remains vacant until November 4 as Congress considers a special session. Tokyo reports Allied HQ says two years of occupation show Japan rebuilding toward more constructive national life and destiny.
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Rome
Angelian Mews
Trieste
Venezia-Giulia
Jackson
Miss
Theodore G. Bilbos
Senate
Fielding L
Wright
Tokyo
Allied
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Balgarian High Court
Young Romeos
New Delhi
Punjab
Pakistan
Montpellier
New Highway
John S. Schwartz
Sherman Avenue
Orphans Court
Emily F
Besant
Bliss Catherine B. Besant
Charles Edward Barton
Charles T. Barton
West All Saints Street
Francis Wagner
South Market Sireet
Oficer
James Marks
Wagner
Sinkiang Province
Chinese Air Forces Command
Petrov
Nikola Petkov
Agrarian Party
National Fatherland Front
Germany
Peter Edson
Br Dougeas Larsen
Admiral King
Baltim
Bearhard E. Bird
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Madoera
United Nations Security Council
May
Sophocles Venizelos
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Interior
George Papardreau
Auit
Zervas
Stratos
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