Detrick Housing Bids Open Soon for Camp Detachment Homes
Bids will open on March 10 at 2 p m at the Army District Engineers office in Washington for three housing projects at Camp Detrick. The 24 unit 32 unit and 40 unit row houses will be brick veneer in Colonial design with six rooms each. The site includes a new road connecting Fourth and Sermin streets and several rows of eight housing walls per block.
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Ian
Camp Detrick
Instala-Ion
I Ce
Army District Engineers
Washington
Eage
Sermin
Congressional approval needed for foreign gifts to U.S. officers
State Department protocol chief Ray Muir says jewels, gold watches from foreign nations sit idle in his office as Congress must approve gifts before they become legal. Medals to retiring service members typically await routine law, while a Saudi prince gifting jeweled items to sailors faces House passage and the president's signature. A pair of horses given to Rear Adm. Harold M. Martin are kept abroad.
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Arthur L. Edson
Washington
U. S
Congress
State Department
Ray Muir
Harry Vaughan
Aventina
Muir
Vaughan
Miy
Valey Forge
Saudi Arabia
Navy
Senate
House
Truman
Harold M.martin
Aiut
Cold Weather Returns with Dropping Temperatures
A sharp plunge in temperatures was recorded with winds around 18 to 30 mph. Temperatures fell to 31 degrees and may rise only to about 40. The Weather Bureau forecast a return to cold conditions followed by a sunny day with higher temperatures tomorrow.
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Ias
Weather Bureau
Record Price Paid For Food In 1948
Washington reports the Agriculture Department shows the average family spent a record 687 dollars on a market basket of food in 1936, up 7 percent from 1947. The basket, aligned with the 1935-39 average, cost 328 in marketing charges, with farmers receiving 359. Prices dipped late in the year bringing December’s annual average to 653 dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Two Slug Way Out Of Meade Prison Cell
Two Army escapees identified as Pvt. Robert Nelson of Rome Georgia and Pvt. Donald J Nye of Syracuse slipped from a detention cell at Fort Meade after overpowering guards and seizing a rifle. One MP, Sgt. Walton Morris, was wounded and is in serious condition as the search for the fugitives continues.
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Fort Meade
Leon H. Durst
Second Army
Robert Nelson
Rome
Donald J. Nye
Syracuse
Lewis Pa
LE Cal
George E. Pinkard
Maj
Durst
Walton Morris
Walton
Nelson
Germany
Nye
Nyes
Atlanta
Col. Pinard
Roadside Control Bill Reappears in Maryland Assembly
Annapolis February 17 hearing returns to a longstanding plan to give the State Roads Commission power to regulate land and construction along designated highways. The proposal, with a 200 foot protected zone on high traffic routes, would exclude farm buildings and roadside stands from regulation.
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Annapolis
Annual Chest Meet Elects Five Directors in Frederick
Reports from member agencies for the past year were presented and five directors at large were elected at the Community Chest of Frederick Inc annual meeting in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. The eleven member board includes two representatives from each agency plus city and county officials. next week officers will organize at the Federated Charities Building. The new two year directors are Holmes Baker, Mrs. Edgar McBride, W. Caston McSherry, William C. Royal, and Glenn Isher. holdover directors remain. The drive raised 28,962 dollars against a 950 dollar campaign budget. Agency reports covered 1948 activities and reflected gratitude for strong support though attendance was lighter than hoped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest of Frederick, Inc
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Community Chest
Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Board of County Commissioners
Federated Charities
South Market Street
Holmes D. Baker
Edgar R. McBride
W. Caston McSherry
Ae William C. Royal
Glenn Isher
Edward C. Hartmann
Salvation Army
Walter Wolfe
Children’s Aid Society of
Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
Social Service Exchange
Edgar H. McBride
James H. Gambrill
Drum And Bugle Corps Banquet Held
Fifty five members and guests attended the Drum and Bugle Corps banquet of Francis Scot Key Post 21 American Legion at the Hotel Frederick. Toastmaster W B Ray Spurrier introduced President Arthur R Stine who urged continued success for post war banquets. Commander Robert E Clapp Sr praised the Legion as a peace representing organization and pledged community service. Other officers and speakers included Chaplain Edwin Stoffer and H Q Miller with officers George W Black Robert E Kennedy Howard M Ambrose Howard Kerchner Wallace Grimes Oliver F Engel and Spurrier. The event closed with invocation and benediction.
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Drum and Bugle Corps
Francis Scot
Key Pos
American Legion
Frederick
W. B. Ray Spurrier
Arthur R. Stine
Stine
Robert E. Clapp
Edwin Stoffer
H. Q. Miller
George W. Black
Robert E. Kennedy
Howard M. Ambrose
Howard Kerchner
Wallace XN. Grimes
Oliver F. Engel
Mr. Spurrier
Hazan
Sioffer
Chemical Change In Bread Sparks Debate In Nova Scotia
In Belleville Nova Scotia on February 17 the switch from aging flour with agene to chlorine dioxide is described as a major but unseen change in bread production. The U S FDA sets August 1 as the deadline to stop agene, with American mills already adopting the new gas while Britain weighs its next steps. Dividend cuts follow industry costs, and Novo milling plants race to install new equipment as the agene era ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
N. S
America Tae
Food and Drug Administration
Novadel-Asene Corporation
M.of
Tiyman
Ced
Midwest
Southwest
American Northwest
Thousands Stranded by Snows Floods Across Western States
The Associated Press reports heavy snows and floods isolating communities in the western states. Wyoming towns face food and fuel shortages. private and Army pilots deliver provisions. In Washington, floods and slides disrupt transport. Port Angeles coast guard planes supply isolated towns.
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Associated Press
Star
West
Wyoming
Eiko. Nev
Pysht Valley
Olympic Peninsula
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Burke
Northern
Idaho
Port Angeles
Wash
Naming Eisenhower Stirs Soviet Newspaper
Soviet press gives wide attention to Dwight D. Eisenhower as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Athens reports talk of his arrival in Greece while Moscow papers discuss plans for Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Moscow
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Foint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
London
Europe
Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Athens
Greece
United States
Trud
V. K
Visits Daughter On Her Birthday In New York
Mrs. Harry S. Truman travels to New York to be with daughter Margaret for the 23rd birthday as the First Lady plans a concert tour. Investigation continues without developments in the forcible entry at Rudell Mullinix home near Kemptown Frederick County. state police follow a Sméeger description of a masked robber who injured Mrs Mullinix and ransacked the premises Tuesday night.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Margaret
Truman
Rudell Mullinix
Kemptown
Orient Express Waiter Given 20 Years Term
In Munich on Feb 17 an eight member US military court sentenced Frantisek Klecka a 31 year old waiter on the Orient Express to 20 years hard labor for spying for Czechoslovakia. The court kept many details secret and did not reveal charges or nationality. General Lucius D. Clay ordered secrecy to be relaxed briefly for the verdict.
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Munich
Germany
U. S
Frantisek Kiecka
Orient Express
U. S. Military Commission
Lucius D. Clay
Rileka
John L. McKee
Military Commission
Klecka
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Balkans
France
Turkey
Kiecka
McKee
Frankfurt
Clay
Securi
United States
Municipal Building At Brunswick Opens To Public
The new Brunswick municipal building is ready and opened for public inspection from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. The town offices including the mayor, town and police will move to the first floor. The base features a meter repair room and jail cells. A separate trial notes a $2,200 damage suit with a verdict earlier in the week in favor of Edward E Krise Adamstown and Harry B Pollock Washington.
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Twe
Mavor, Town and Police
Edward E. Krise
Adamstown
Harry B. Pollock
Washington
Colombo
Robert E. Clapp
Hoover Commission Urges Nonpolitical Post Office Reform
The Hoover Commission urges removing politics from the Post Office Department. It proposes a nonpartisan Postmaster General, a centrally chosen executive director, 15 regional divisions, Senate confirmation abolished for postmasters, and merit-based local postmaster selection to boost efficiency and promotions.
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Wangton
Hoover Commission
Post Office Department
Senate
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Postonce Department
Commission
Post Office
Jesse M. Donaldson
Democratic
Reublican
Com
Service Commission
Kaiser-Frazer To Shut Down For New Models
Detroit February 17 Kaiser-Frazer Corp plans a three week shutdown at Corpus Will to shift to two new utility model lines. About 730 production workers under a four day week will idle during the period while Hudson Motor Co workers resume after two days off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser-Frazer
Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corpus
Wyat
Hudson Motor U.S
U S Plans Public School Building Advances
The Federal Works Agency announces planning advances for school projects including Poolesville and Gaithersburg. A gym and auditorium at Poolesville is planned with an estimated cost of 34500 and FWA planning advance around 31325. The notice mentions other county projects and initial construction work.
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Poolesville
Gaithersburg
Federal Works Agency
FWA
Bureau of Community Facilities
Schasiesti Contempt
Montgome
Defense Opens for Anis Gillars in Federal Trial
James J. Laughlin sets Feb 17 to present Anis Gillars defense with plans to call 500 to 1,000 former GIs as witnesses to counter government testimony about her radio broadcasts. Federal Judge Edward Curran will decide admissibility. German witnesses Emil Beckman and Franz Schafers testify for Gillars, claiming her behavior would have endangered her safety otherwise.
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Ats
James J. Laughlin
Rounsel
Adong Eit
Laughlin
Repos
Edward Nel Curras
Mildred E. Gillars
Miss Gillars
Russ Gillars
Religious Emphasis Week Observed at Hood College
Hood College marks Religious Emphasis Week with Rev. Robert L. James addressing students in Brodbeck Hall and planning further chapel talks on Why Is Life Like This. The Hood W C A sponsors the observance with events including a talk at the Y Hut and daily reflections.
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Robert L. James
Brodbeck Hall
Hood College
James
Mid- Atlantic
Christian Stovement
Mr. James
The
Hood
W.C.A
Bulgaria debates closing foreign religious missions Bill
Foreign Minister Vassil Rolsieveniy introduces a bill to close all foreign missions in Bulgaria within a month. It targets confiscation of properties and labels the Orthodox Church as the traditional state church while granting the minister broad control over clerical international ties. The move follows a Feb 23 decision to trial 15 Protestant leaders on treason and espionage charges.
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Bul-garia
Bulga
Vassil Rolsieveniy
Kylarov
Bulgaria
Kalsrov
500 Farmers Missed Soil Conservation Enrollments
Approximately 500 Frederick county farmers did not enroll in the 1948 soil conservation program after signing farm plans. About 1,400 had filed reports and around 1,900 signed plans. Unclaimed funds will be pro rated among participants. Deadline for 1949 enrollment is March 31. corn loans and purchase agreements deadline June 30. Earl James McGrath of New York nominated to be U S Commissioner of Education to succeed John W Studebaker.
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Frederick County
The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Studebaker
Washington
Earl James McGrath
New York
Truman
U. S
John W. Studebaker
Soviet Blockade Tightens as Berlin Streets Blocked
Soviet controlled German police began blocking city streets in Berlin with barricades to seal gaps in the blockade of western sectors.
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Berlin
Red Cross Campaign Seeks 10000 in Frederick County
Frederick County Red Cross launches its 1949 fund drive with C A Price as germ chairman seeking a 10000 goal. City and county pledges aim to exceed the quota, following last year's oversubscription of 15000, while national goals reduce to 60 million.
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Price
Frederick County
American Red Cross
Richard F. Nallin
Red Cross
Frederick
Rederick
Mrr
Pacific
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Stars Roads Commission
Anne Arundel
Carroll
Moomery Counties
Carroll County
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Doug
Philadelphia
Z. Garner Jones
Anne Arundel County
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Cumberland
Blaine Swearman
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