Starlings Leave Frederick City Roosts Quiet Down
Starlings once roosting in Frederick trees have apparently departed the city. Residents report fewer complaints as flocks move to county fields, with red wing blackbirds and grackles also seen. Local efforts include dummy owls, noisemakers, and more owls and martins seen, while some residents blame cycles and others note pigeons remain easier to manage with pigeon paint.
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Frederick
Rockwell Terrace
Maryland Ornithological Society
C. Cyril Kiein
Uniontown Gunman Robs Personal Finance Corp
A lone gunman, described as a tall thin Negro, held six employees and six customers at Personal Finance Corp in Uniontown Pennsylvania and escaped with less than 300 dollars. Police blocked routes including Route 40 and notified Maryland and West Virginia authorities.
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Uniontown
Personal Finance Corp
Second National Bank Bldg
Maryland
West Virginia
Eisenhower Hoover to fish together in Colorado Rockies
President Eisenhower and former president Hoover will visit Fraser Colorado for a ranch retreat next week, accompanied by two experts with a trout rod. The Summer White House said Hoover will be Eisenhower’s guest for several days at the Fraser ranch 70 miles northwest of Denver. Eisenhower plans to fly back Monday to address the American Legion National Convention.
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Denver
Eisen
Hoover
Colorado Rockies
White House
Eisenhower
Fraser
Colo
Here
Continental Divide
Washington
American Legion National
Jos
French Leaders Join Appeal Against EDC Treaty
Paris Forty prominent Frenchmen led by ex Premier Edouard Herriot and Gen Maxime Weygand joined today in an appeal against ratification of the European Defense Community treaty. They oppose EDC yet refuse a negative solution that would place France in a political and moral bind. Debate in the National Assembly is set for Saturday. Premier Mendes France told committee men a showdown was necessary though defeat would not resolve the German problem. West Germany Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg have ratified the treaty. France and Italy have not.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Maxime Weygand
France
National Assembly
Pierre Mendes- France
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
City Eyes Dwindling Water Supply Amid Heat
City officials monitor rain prospects as Fishing Creek dwindles threatening curtailment. Can factories run at full output while July heat lingers. Wednesday water use near record, soil drop inch by inch. Cool front expected to ease temperatures and future bans, with heavy showers in mountains needed. Corn supplies fair but uneven. next weeks output remains high before taper. Prices mixed in New York stocks.
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Fishing Creek
William J. Davis
Taivel
Uwinphae
Canada
Maryland
Canner
Grasshopper crop damage reported in Frederick County
Grasshoppers damaged corn and pasture in Frederick and adjacent counties, with larger populations this year. Assistant County Agent Cassell notes beetle issues have eased, while grasshoppers threaten crops from Johnsville to Unionville and Mt. Pleasant to Montgomery County. Control advised with aldrin, toxaphene, or chlordane. Baltimore balt also.
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Frederick
Roy Cassell
Johnsville
New Midway
Mt. Pleasant
Unionville
Montgomery County
Frederick County
Cassell
Turkey Crop Second Largest On Record
Maryland turkey growers produced the second largest crop on record at 507000 birds, up three percent from 1953 and near the 1952 peak. The shift favored lighter birds with 18 percent more light turkeys, while heavy breeds fell to five percent. Sixty percent of the crop was heavy. growers plan to market 50 percent in November, down from last year. About 14 percent to be sold by November 1, versus 10 percent in 1953, per USDA.
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College Park
Maryland
U. S. Department of Agriculture Marketing Service
Britain Halts Free Vodka for Britons at Fair
London reports the British government blocked a Russian bid to distribute free vodka during the British Food Fair. A Russian trade delegation brought the gift and occupied the largest stand, but the Board of Trade granted only a temporary import license, allowing entry but not distribution to Britons. The vodka must be shipped back after the fair unless officials reverse the decision.
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London
British Board of Trade
Britain
Inventor Reveals Grotesque Rhino Vehicle in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis the inventor Elie P. Aghnides unveiled a five ton vehicle called the Rhino. It moves on spun aluminum ball wheels with treads for speed on roads, climbs 65 percent grades, and can ford streams. Powered by a hydrojet for deep water, it aims to replace tanks and tractors, while Aghnides is famed for a splash reducing faucet gadget.
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Indianapolis
Elie P. Aghnides
Aghnides
Marmon-Herrington Co
New York
Constantinople
Police Crack Down on Brazil Reds After Vargas Death
Riots and demonstrations sparked by the death of President Getulio Vargas led to over 1,000 arrests of Communists in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. Police seized Imprensa Popular and a newspaper in Porto Alegre. troops remained on the streets as the capital’s commerce reopened and Joao Cafe Filho searched for a finance minister amid inflation.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Communist Party
Getulio Vargas
United States
Imprensa Popular
Rio
Porto Alegre
Joao Cafe Filho
Untouchables Leader Criticizes Nehru in Parliament
In New Delhi Ambedkar, former law minister and head of India's 60 million untouchables, attacks Prime Minister Nehru over trade with Communists and alleged hostility to the United States. He says Nehru supports peaceful coexistence but acts without due thought and fears U.S. backed SEATO and Russia.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
United States
B. R. Ambedkar
America
Martinsburg Building Shaken By Explosion
The National Fruit Product Co plant in north Martinsburg was rocked by an overheated dryer explosion that tore a roof hole and wrecked equipment. No injuries were noted as a small fire was quickly put out by two fire companies.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
National Fruit Product Co
Bruce Martin
Martin
Beaten By Mother, Infant Near Death
In Rockford Illinois a 32 year old girl was reported near death at St Anthony Hospital after her mother confessed to beating the child with a claw hammer The mother Mrs Maxine Gilbertson 29 said she injured the baby last night to offer it to God rather than let her husband have the child Deputy sheriffs quoted the mother as saying the infant Angela suffered skull fractures and severe lacerations deputies found the child in a bloodstained crib with a hammer on the floor in the Gilbertson home in Lovespark and noted the mother had phoned to recount the attack
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Rockford
Iu.r
St. Anthony Hospital
Maxine Gilbertson
Grover
Angela
Joe Ferona
Mike Isparro
Gilbertson
Lovespark
Adenauer's Traitorous Deputy Talks In East Berlin Shelter
A CDU deputy from Hamburg who defected to the Communists told an East Berlin news conference he fears the Adenauer government is driving Germany toward war and ruin with American probing. Schmidt-Wittmack, aged 40, said Western charges of treachery were ridiculous and that rearming Germany is part of Allied and Adenauer plans. He accused the EDC and cited a Gruenther Heusinger committee setting a November 1 target to activate a new Wehrmacht, calling the move dangerous for Germany’s unity.
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Berlin
Adenauer
CDU
Hamburg
East
Schmidt - Wittmack
John
Schmidt-Wittmack
Germany
Alfred Gruenther
U.S
Europe
Adolf Heusinger
Gruenther - Heusinger
Labor Board Decisions Draw Senate Clash Over NLRB Role
Washington Senator Murray accuses recent NLRB rulings of being anti labor and warns one decision could drive workers back to yellow dog contracts. He notes opposition from Senator Ives who says the board seeks to balance labor and management under Eisenhower appointees and that Taft Hartley revisions face congressional hurdles. Murray singles out a 3-2 NLRB ruling allowing employer inquiry into union ties if no reprisal is hinted.
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Washington
Murray
Mont
National Labor Rielations Board
Senate Labor Committee
Last Sinter
Albert C. Beeson
Sen
Ives
Labor Committee
NLRB
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Two Parties Battle for Senate Control in 17 States
Washington races set the stage for a nationwide struggle as Republicans and Democrats vie for Senate power. With 48 Republicans and 47 Democrats plus one independent, the challenge spans 37 Senate seats and all 435 House seats, as incumbents Cooper, Gordon, Dworshak, Ferguson, Mundt, Saltonstall, Ruchel and others face hard contests, while Democrats like Anderson, Douglas, Freat, Gillette, Humphrey, Murray and Burke also defend tight races. The Colorado seat remains open with Johnson’s vacancy.
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Senate
House
Moregins
Cooper
Kentucky
Cordon
Oregon
Dworshak
Idaho
Ferguson
Michigan
Mundt
South Dakota
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Ruchel
California
New Jersey
Wyaming
Anderson
New Mexico
Douglas
Illnois
Freat
Delaware
Gillette
Iowa
Humphrey
Minnesota
Murray
Montana
Burke
Ohio
Sen
Johnson
Colorado
Hadassah Adopts Nine Million Dollar Budget Plan
New York based Hadassah the women's Zionist organization of America sets a nine million dollar budget for its upcoming fiscal year. The organization aims to fund medical research, education, and community services through this allocation while outlining planned fundraising campaigns and program expansions.
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New York
P—Hadassah
Women's Zionist Organization of America
Key Problems To Come Up At SEATO Meet
Southeast Asia defense group SEATO will open in Manila on September 6 with three core issues. How far to bind members to common defense what pledge to share and what continuous machinery to keep nations advised. Philippines and Thailand favor strong military commitments while Britain favors economic emphasis. Dulles favors limited response to attacks on any member.
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Washington
Manila
Southeast Asian Defense Organization
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Pakistan
Dulles
Pact
Hearings Start Next Week On McCarthy Conduct
Washington reports a special Senate committee will begin hearings on a resolution to censure Senator McCarthy over conduct alleged to bring the Senate into disrepute. Historically Congress has forgiven breaches after apologies, but the McCarthy matter presents rare, wide ranging accusations.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
House
Former Clerk In Fire Dept. Sentenced in Annapolis Case
John T. Ritter, former Annapolis Fire Department clerk, was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to repay 4100 embezzled from the city ambulance fund. He pleaded guilty to forging Fire Chief Rush L. Lacey Sr. signature on 17 withdrawal slips from January 1953 to April 1954. The funds were tips for services set aside to buy medical supplies for ambulances.
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Annapolis
John T. Ritter
Ritter
Rush L. Lacey Sr
Sixth Air Force Plans Korea Pullout and HQ Move
The Sixth Air Force announced plans to pull many Sabrejets from Korea and move its headquarters to Nagoya Japan. Four of six U.S. infantry divisions in Korea are to be withdrawn, potentially removing about 100000 Americans. Lt Gen Roger M Ramey will command both groups after consolidation in Nagoya. South Korea protested the withdrawal.
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Seoul
U. S
Korea
Air Force
Far East
United States
Roger M. Ramey
Sth
Japan Air Defense Force
Nagoya
Ramey Wil
21 On Plane Become Ill
Twenty one exchange students from the Orient aboard a Northwest Orient Airlines flight from Manila to Seattle were removed in Anchorage after crew members fell ill. Doctors reported food poisoning as a preliminary diagnosis. The captain Bill Richmond and pilot Bill Ashland were among the gravest cases though not critical. The flight, with nine crew members and thirty passengers, had stopped at Okinawa Tokyo and the Aleutians before Anchorage.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Orient
Manila
Northwest Orient Airlines
Seattle
Providence
Bill Richmond
Bill Ashland
C. A. Schule
Northwest
United States
Okinawa
Tokyo
Aleutians
Finance Minister Search Shocks Brazil After Vargas Death
Rio de Janeiro Brazil amid turmoil following Getulio Vargas death as Oswaldo Aranha resigns and President Joao Café Filho seeks a finance minister. Brazil faces foreign exchange shortages and political crisis with riots and casualties as the cabinet reshuffles to steer through the crisis.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Joao Cafe Filho
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
Oswaldo Aranha
U.N. Assembly
Aranha
Teen age car theft ring broken in Hagerstown
Police say a teen age car theft ring was broken with convictions of two 15 year old boys and several younger ones. Magistrate Paul Ottinger sentenced Ronald Peterson and Ronald Baker to one year terms on three charges. Juvenile Court waived jurisdiction over them. Two 14 year olds received suspended terms with probation. One youth was sent to Maryland training school and another to Washington County jail for further study. Detective testified the youths hot wired cars and stole them.
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Hagerstown
Paul Ottinger
Ronald Peterson
Ronald Baker
Maryland Training School
Washington County
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