Centennial Fire Company Festival In Gaithersburg
Sponsors outline a full Centennial Celebration with contests at Washington Grove Recreation Center and Gaithersburg school grounds. Prizes for athletic events, decorations, and a parade crown the Queen of Love and Beauty. Gov Lene and lawmakers attend with bands, fireworks, torchlight pageant, and a 8 pm ball ending at midnight.
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Washington Grove Recreation Center
Prises
B& M. Sylvester
Washington Grove
Gaithersburg
Fire Department
Diamond Avenue
K. A
Barncord
American Legion
Taylor Model Basin
King Building
K. of P. Hall
Gov. Lene
U. S
County Council
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Pennsylvania
Businessmen's Association
Gaithersburg Center
Gerald Barbour
Montgomery County
Gaithersburg School
William Christi
Robert Ward
Dick Harp
Malik Puts Formosa On Agenda of U.N.
Lake Success, Aug 28. Malik, as August president, called a Security Council meeting for tomorrow and asked that Formosa be added to the agenda. The Korean crisis remains the other major issue before the 11 nation body. The United States favors considering Formosa but seeks no priority over Korea. Malik can place items on the provisional agenda but the Council must decide on discussion and priority.
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China
Ans
United States
U. N
Malik
Formosa
Mountain Theater Ends Season With Noel Coward Comedy
Mountain Theater at Brad dock Heights closes its eleventh season this week with the Noel Coward satire Private Lives. The revived production stars Tallulah Bankhead and Donald Cook in a tale of tempestuous marriage as Victor and Amanda Payne reunite on honeymoons with new spouses, elope, and relive old feuds amid humorous misunderstandings. Cast includes Qaborn and Richard Woods in featured roles.
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Mountain Theater
Braddock Heights
Noel Coward
Mr. Coward
Gertrude Lawrence
Tallulah Bankhead
Donald Cook
Victor
Amanda Payne
Qaborn
Richard Woods
Bill To Draft Doctors Sent To The Senate
Washington reports unanimous Senate Armed Forces Committee approval of a bill giving power to draft doctors and dentists with premium pay for draftees, while a companion measure would remove extra pay for medical volunteers. House action expected. Also notes debates on registering scientists and maintaining pre med pre dental deferments, plus a reference to flies and DDT research and King Arthur table lore.
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Washington
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Senate
Howe Armed Services Committee
House
Rep
Kildey
Defense Department
North street extension approved in Libertytown roads plan
County Commissioners ordered an additional section of North street added to the county roads system. The extension will run about 1200 feet, cross Johnsville road, end at an alley by Dr. O B Stone residence, linking to Route 26. Grading on the first section is underway. homes line the extension. Bible Class Meets at Calvary Methodist with 89 members and three visitors. Blues lead attendance 49 to Reds 40. collection $67.55. Next Sunday John Groves will teach.
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North Street
Libertytown
Johnsville Road
Dr. O. B. Stone
Bible Class
Calvary Methodist Church
Charles V. Main
Edward S. Rice
J. W. Briscoe
Blues
Reds
John Groves
American Legion
United States
North Market Street
Legion
J. Alfred Catsail
Post
Nuremberg
Appropriation Bill Passed for Government and Korea Aid
The Senate approved a 35.554 billion dollar package to fund government operations for the year ending June 30, with 14.68 billion in regular military funds and 16.771 billion for a separate weapons bill. The measure directs a 62.5 million loan to Spain, opposed by President Truman, and includes 5.334 billion in new planes and other war supplies. It also authorizes 2.525 billion for Marshall Plan and 26.9 million for technical aid to backward areas. Senate watch-dog committee plans and the joint group will phase out by September 1.
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Washington
Senate
House
Spain
Truman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate House
McCarran
Dnew
50 Hurt In Baltimore and Ohio Train Crash Near Connellsville
A heavily loaded Baltimore and Ohio passenger train collided head on with an express 53 miles east of Pittsburgh, injuring 50 people. No deaths. 13 hospitalized, including 80 year old Kate Michel of Connellsville with a possible skull fracture. Crew members among the injured. Traffic disrupted. crews expected to repair tracks within hours. Also hurt was Francis Kline of Hagerstown with a broken nose.
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Connellaville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Kate Michel
Connellsville
Baltimore
Cleveland
Chicago
Jersey City
Pennsylvania National Guard
George Johnson
Francis Kline
South Potomac Street
Hagerstown
16 Year Old Veteran Sent Home From Korea
In Charleston West Virginia a 16 year old veteran Rodney Allison Keller is sent home after serving in Korea with the 74th Infantry Division Communications Company. He enlisted with a false age last September and saw 14 weeks of training before reaching the front in February and Korea on July 2. He logged 42 days of combat duty before his age was discovered. Keller and his parents declined to detail how the Army learned of his age. He now faces whether to return to high school after this wartime stint, reflecting on his early experiences and the horrors of combat.
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Charleston
W. Va
Naktong River
Army
Rodney Allison Keller
Fort Knox
Young Keller
Japan
74Th Infantry
Korea
Rodney
Herbert Keller
Veterans Praise South Korean Forces Amid Frontline Retreats
A young veteran recalls U S and South Korean troops falling back under early Korean onslaughts. He notes isolated panic spreading through units and praises South Korean forces for their resolve, including a division that refused to withdraw without extra hours of combat.
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U. S
Rodney
Bus plunge kills French vacationists near Innsbruck
In west Austria a mountain bus carrying French vacationists plunged about 65 feet down an Alpine slope west of Innsbruck. At least six people were killed and twelve were critically injured, with victims not yet identified.
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Vienna
Austria
Innsbruck
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