Parade of Frederick county firemen in record heat
Hot weather brings a parade of about 26 fire companies from four counties through Frederick city to mark the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen Association annual meeting. Temps in the high nineties expected. prizes exceed 500 dollars. Parade starts 6 30 p m from Market and Twelfth Streets ending at Baker Park near the state armory.
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Frederick County
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Market
Twelfth Streets
All Saints
Gentz
Bentz
State Armory
West Second Street
Baker Park
City Hall
James Marrones
Hagerstown
Taneytown Fire Company
Sykesville
Chevy Chase
Sandy Spring
Westminster
East Ninth Street
Mt. Airy Fire Company
Westminster Vfw
Rockville
Union Bridge
Damascus
Gaithersburg
Ellicott City
New Windsor
Pikesville
Earee
West Ninth Street
Chambersburg
VFW
Kensington Fire Company
Braddock Heights
New Midway
Middletown
Browningsville
Brunswick
Myersville
Walkersville
Emmitsburg
East Eighth Street
Uniteds
Fred Straley
Market Street
12Th
West All Saints
College Avenue
Frederick
Baltimore
Russians rent luxury estate for peace talks in suburb
In San Francisco on August 31 a Russian delegation will live in a $1 600 000 suburban mansion named Uplands for up to three weeks during the Japan peace treaty conference. The estate with vast grounds and a $250 000 library will host the delegation while Mrs Romiec Jacks stays nearby. The conference opens Tuesday and aims to conclude Saturday.
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San Francisco
Reds
Sesson
Uplands
Romiec Jacks
St. Francis Hotel
Heat Wave Grips South Central States With Deaths
The Associated Press reports extreme heat across the southern and central states with cooler air edging toward central Illinois. Two deaths and rising livestock losses are noted in Alabama as temperatures hit 104 at Muscle Shoals and about 107 in Huntsville. Forecasters say cooler air will not reach farther south than central Illinois tonight.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Illinois
Ohio River
Alabama
Muscle Shoals
Huntsville
Ala
Favors Recognition Of Communist China
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas called for U S recognition of the Peiping regime in an interview after returning from a frontier expedition. He argued recognition would strike a political victory for the free world and deepen the break with Soviet Russia amid Far East tensions and Soviet frontier posts in China.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
U. S
China
Russia
Douglas
Peiping
Acheson Leaves Washington for Japanese Peace Conference
Secretary of State Acheson departed Washington for the Japanese peace conference saying it will test nations that truly seek peace. Five typhoid cases reported in the Clarksburg area by County Health Officer A. J. Kemper.
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Acheson
Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
A. J.kemper
August Heat Record May Fall Today
The forecast warned a 97 degree high could break the month's record while cloudiness and possible storms may alter the outcome. Overnight low and humidity levels pushed heat into the day as farmers noted drought impacts on corn, beans, tomatoes, and orchards across the region.
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Labor Day
Ohio
West Virginia
Retired Everedy master mechanic honored with TV gift
John H. Hankey of 106 East Eighth street retired after 22 years as master mechanic at the Everedy Company. At retirement the management presented him a large television set. He recently celebrated his 72nd birthday and had worked in Baltimore, Hagerstown, and Frederick. He had been somewhat indisposed but is now in better health and greatly pleased by the gift.
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North Market Street
H. Reese Shoemaker
Forbes H. Burgess
Kenneth R. Wagaman
City Health Department
Wagaman
Burgess
Werking
E. Austin James
Alton ¥. Bennett
Elmer Lester Butts
Martinsburg
W. Va
Burlington Mills
Butts
Route 40
Frederick
Carl Paschal
Dublin
Alton Bennett
M. J. Whitney
Victor Wingate
Brunswick
John H. Hankey
East Eighth Street
Everedy Company
Cererea
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Hankey
Need More Hospitals For Drug Treatment
The Senate Crime Investigating committee says more hospitals may be needed for drug addiction treatment. It warned that Lexington Kentucky and Fort Worth Texas facilities may prove inadequate when the public learns of their availability to volunteer patients.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Lexington
Fort Worth
Tex
Dope Ring Smashed by New York Police
Police say they smashed a Harlem based wholesale dope ring reportedly earning around 1 million dollars a year. The operation supplied customers from coast to coast, with arrests made across multiple locations.
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New York
Harlem
Connally Sees Foreign Aid Hurting Yet Essential
Senator Tom Connally, 74, chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, argues the United States must continue foreign military and economic aid to allies against Communism though he says the economic portion should be cut. He predicts a three year window to complete the program, with total aid possibly reaching $25,000,600,000 by 1954 if trends continue.
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James Marlow Washington
Tom Connally
Connally
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Congress
Truman
Zonnally
United States
Europe
More Reds Moving Up in Korea Front
North Korean troops are reported advancing toward the front in eastern Korea as savage fighting continues for over two weeks. Allied air forces struck enemy reinforcements, supply convoys, and rail lines, with a major air drop of 110 tons of ammunition and medical supplies to mountainous eastern fronts yesterday.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
Navy rocket plane shatters altitude record in test flight
A Navy rocket powered airplane from El Segundo California climbed to an unofficial altitude of 77 674 feet above 14 42 miles per hour. The craft leveled off at 1300 miles an hour during the test flight on August 31.
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el Segundo
Calif
State Crime Scored In Report
Washington reports a Senate Crime Committee investigation finds Maryland betting rings tied to off track betting bookies wire services scratch sheets and numbers operations. It cites police knowledge and praise for remedial actions while naming Prince Georges Calvert and Anne Arundel areas and a large gambling income controlled by figures linked to Chicago Capone era networks.
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Washington
Maryland
Senate Crime Ecommittee
Baltimore
Anne Arundel County
St. Helenas Island
Severn River
District of Columbia
Prince Georges
Calvert
Charles E. Nelson
Prince Georges County
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Howard Sports Daily
Continental Press
Capone
Chicago
Envoys Head For West Coast for Japanese Peace Talks
Envoys from about forty nations converge on San Francisco for the upcoming Japanese peace treaty conference at the Presidio. Delegations from New Zealand and Australia arrive, with Andrei Gromyko leading the Russian group. Delegates travel by air, stay in hotels, and plan broadcast coverage via Bell System microwave links.
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San Francisco
America
New Zealand
U. S
Presidio of
San Fancisco
Historic Army Post
Andrei Gromyko
Hillsborough
Dean Acheson
United States
United
Middle West
Bell System
New Lines To Step Up Natural Gas Delivery
Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Co and Manufacturers Light and Heat Co seek authority to build pipelines in Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia costing about 2.2 million dollars. The plan includes a 35 mile line from Mountain Lake Park Maryland to the Pennsylvania West Virginia line in Monongalia County West Virginia plus 11 miles in Garrett County Maryland and Preston County West Virginia to boost gas production.
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Washington
Maryland
West Virginia
Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Co
Manufacturers Light and Heat Co
Pittsburgh
The
Power Commission
Pennsylvania
Columbia Gas System, Inc
Cumberland
Mountain Lake Park
Monongalia County
W. Va
Garret County
Preston County
America Jolted By Dope Use Among Its Youngsters
Washington reports the Senate Crime Committee final findings warn narcotics use by youths in major cities is rising and the Mafia profits from drugs. Recommendations call for a national crime coordinating council, a Treasury narcotics bureau, stiffer penalties, uniform state laws on crime, prescription controls on barbiturates, and intensified prosecution and tax screening to curb illicit activity.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
National Crime,coordinating Council
Treasury Department
America
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
D. C
Summoned To War On Crime Across the Nation
The Senate Crime Investigating Committee urges a national effort against organized crime and grafting public officials. The final report calls for Congress to continue the crusade with federal help and a privately financed crime coordinating council to monitor wrongdoing. It targets Florida Governor Fuller Warren and William O Dwyer and highlights narcotics and gambling concerns in Washington D C.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Cilies
Senate
Congress
National Crime Coordinating Council
Florida
Fuller Warren
William O'Dwyer
Mexico
New York
District of Columbia
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds were recorded in the clerk s office for several property sales. Nola M Theiss sold a 270 acre farm near the Brunswick Petersville road Petersville district for about 28000. Herman Fogle sold land in Woodsboro district to Keifer T H Martz for about 9500. Ernest W Staub sold property on West Main Thurmont to Gilmore R Flautt Jr for about 6500. M Elizabeth McCaffrey sold 27 East Sixth Street to Flautt for about 3500.
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Nola M. Theiss
John A. Hope, Jr
Brunswick- Petersville Road
Petersville
J Herman Fogle
Keifert H. Martz
Woodsboro
Ernest W. Staub
Gilmore IR. Flautt, Jr
West Main Street
Thurmont
M. Elizabeth McCaffrey
Flautt
East Sixth Street
10000 Marylanders To Lose Deferments
Baltimore predicts over 10000 Marylanders will lose deferments under new universal military training and service act pending presidential approval. The draft age lowered to 18 9 will free about 6500 more youths for induction, with 15000 draft age men now on dependency deferments in Maryland.
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Baltimore
Five Day Forecast for Maryland and Delaware
Five day forecast covers scattered thundershowers Saturday then cooler night. Sunday and Monday fair and cool with highs around 80 and lows in the 60s. Tuesday or Wednesday expect more showers and temperatures near normal to slightly above for the period.
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Maryland
Delaware
Delmar Peninsula
Senate Finance Committee Pushes Higher Excise Taxes on Appliances
Washington August 31 The Senate Finance committee signaled willingness to raise excise taxes beyond House plans adding vacuum cleaners washing machines and parkage disposal units to the 10 percent levy These measures aim to boost annual revenue by about 55 million dollars while maintaining a broad tax hike totaling around 1 045 billion with a 140 million cut from repealing the existing three and one half percent tax on electric energy
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senators
Finance Committee
Road widening planned on Route 40 near Braddock Heights
Work crews begin next Wednesday on widening Route 40 from the Catoctin Country Club to the west slope of Braddock Mountain for resurfacing. Contractors Thomas Bennett and Hunter will widen from 22 to 24 feet and level the road to remove dips. Separate crews continue fills and grading on the mountain approach to Braddock Heights. THACKSTON PROPERTY SOLD. The residence of the late Henry E and Bessie W Thackston on Jefferson Boulevard at Braddock Heights sold at trustee sale to J O Neal Jenkins for 25000 dollars with immediate possession anticipated.
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Catoctin Country Club
Braddock Mountain
Thomas, Bennett and Hunter
Country Club
Clifton Road
Braddock Heights
Thackston
Henry E
Bessie W. Thackston
Jefferson Boulevard
J. O'Neil Jenkins
Frederick
Middletown
Amos A. Holter
Emmett R. Bowlus
Earthquake Shakes Santiago Central Chile
A sharp brief quake hit Santiago and central Chile on August 31 with early reports indicating no damage. No injuries were reported and authorities monitored aftershocks as residents felt tremors across the region.
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Santiago
Chile
PIA
Reds File New Charges Of Violation In Korea Talks
Allied spokesman said no sign of final breakdown in truce talks with Korea as new Communist charges of UN violations in Kaesong arise. U N command opened immediate probes after diplomats at Munsan reported alleged flare over Kaesong and two zone violations.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Kaesong
Korea
U. N
Munsan
U.N
Nam I
Turner Joy
Nam II
Joy
McMaster
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
68 Caught In Two Big Raids In Wilder Kentucky
State Police led by Guthrie Crowe raided two Wilder night clubs Latin Quarter and Club Manana, arresting 68 people and seizing gambling gear. A Manana operator faced charges for running a disorderly house. Four scantily clad women were among those removed.
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Newport
Kentucky
Guthrie Crowe
Latin Quarter
Club Manana
Wilder
Lansdale Plant Ends Its Operations Here
The Lansdale Tube Company pilot plant at the Frederick Fairgrounds has formally ended operations. The building remains under lease until next July and will house Poultry Department activities this Fall. The firm had announced it would not proceed with plans for a northeast Frederick radio tubes plant.
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Lansdale Tube Company
Frederick Fairgrounds
Frederick Fair
Lansdale
Frederick
Labor Day Publication Notice
No Paper Monday The News and The Frederick Post will not publish on Labor Day. The business office closes for the day while the editorial office remains open after 1 pm.
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News
Frederick Post
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Howard N. Pamment
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Orville L. Hubbard
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Charles “Lucky" Luciano
Maly
Charles E
Nelson
Allied Spokesman
Panhandle
Noewsea
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