Holiday traffic mounts amid warm weekend forecast
Heavy holiday traffic roll through Frederick as weather officials predict a warm weekend with scattered thunder showers. Traffic on Market Street stayed clogged from last night, officials note, while the Fourth is expected to be quiet with limited fireworks. The area also reports rainfall surpluses for June and July. Properties of the late John P. McElfresh near Hyatts town were sold at public sale, and Price Electric Corp will not shut for the coming week as initially listed.
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Frederick
Market Street
Indusi Hn
Bay
Potomac
John P. McElfresh
Hyattstown
Frank H. Kendall
Silver Spring
Clarence W. Barton
Dickerson
Walter E. Sinn
A. Grant Hooper
Auczicr.eer
Price Electric Corporation
Frederick Industries
Sub-base work starts on No. 1 runway at Frederick airport
Officials say tests on 1300 to 1400 feet of the No. 1 runway are approved for paving about 3800 feet and sub-base stone. Soft spots on Runway 3 near eight feet deep are being filled with select material. The Russell Company to begin sub-base work on Tuesday with ongoing testing and grading concerns.
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New
Frederick
W. Raymond Walter
Tl: Edgie Russell Company
Walter
CAA
New York
Russell Company
Communists In Finland Lose Helsinki Election Shock
With eight of 15 districts counted, the Communist led Popular Democrats trail in seats as Social Democrats lead with 33. Agrarians hold 52, Popular Democrats lose seven seats from prior total, and the outcome signals a pivot amid Finland’s post treaty alignment with Russia. The major party papers caution about Soviet reactions.
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Helsinki
Popular Democrats
Russia
Social Democrats
Agrarians
Cemer
Popular Democrat
Vapaa Sana
Finland
Soviet Union
Suomen Sosiatidem
No Paper Monday Due To Independence Day Holiday
The News will not be published Monday because of the two day Independence Day holiday. The business office will be closed all day while the editorial office opens after four o'clock Monday afternoon.
Slippage of U.S. Exports to Russia Triggers Tightening Controls
Washington reports that postwar export controls are being tightened after critics noted shipments slipping to Eastern Europe and the Soviet bloc. New rules assign quotas by country, require a 475 item positive list, and boost staff from 389 to 690, with licenses printed on safety paper and crosschecked against ship documents to curb misuse.
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Washington
U. S
United States
Belgium
Holland
Antuverp
Rotterdam
Rus
Poland
Iron Curtain
Switzerland
Africa
Yugoslavia
Syria
Lebanon
Black Sea
Cuba
Brazil
Europe
U.S
Board of Economic Warfare
Foreign Economic Administration
Congress
OTT
Office of International Trade
Department of Commerce
Latin America
Russia
OIT
Irom
Paul Hoff
Negro Who Bit Off Officer's Lip Slain
A young Negro was shot and killed early today by a patrolman after a scuffle in which the suspect bit off the officer's lower lip. Patrolman William Copsey, 21, was found collapsed nearby and taken to Mercy Hospital, where he was reported painfully but not seriously hurt.
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Baltimore
William Copsey
Mercy Hospital
Copsey
British Urge Soviet Lift of Berlin Blockade
Four power talks convened at Sokolovsky’s residence to discuss reopening Berlin. Robertson demanded an immediate halt to the blockade and proposed an urgent conference to discuss times and methods to restore rail traffic. Western airlift intensified with plans for 500 flights daily delivering around 2,000 tons of food.
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Berlin
Vassilly D. Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Robertson
Sokolovsky
Telegraf
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Control Council
Cumberland Woman Awarded 15000 Verdict
Mrs. Hat tie H. Valentine of Cumberland won a 15000 damages jury verdict in Washington county court for the death of her husband at a railroad crossing on November 3 1946. She sued Wilbur M. Buchanan also of Cumberland for 50000. Crossing watchman Edward W. Valentine was killed when Buchanans car rolled down an incline and struck him on duty.
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Hagerstown
Hattie H. Valentine
Cumberland
Washington County
Wilbur M. Buchanan
Edward W. Valentine
Baltimore’ and Ohio
Buchanan
Valentine
General Assembly
New System In Delivering Magazines Trialed
A new plan to speed magazine delivery shows partial success as tested on a few routes. Carriers carry a subscriber list and delay magazines by number. at apartment buildings they must write names and apartment numbers on the issues, a potential flaw that could scrap the system if not fixed. If successful, the system could roll out to other publications and cities.
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Galtimore
Infant Wanders Off Leads to Search in Somerset
Fresh state police and volunteer crews renewed a search for 23 month old Donald Conner who wandered from his parents mountain cottage yesterday afternoon near Somerset Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Donald CoNier
Kelly Workers And Company In Deadlock At Cumberland Plant
Negotiations at the Cumberland plant of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company with Local 25 of the United Rubber, Cork and Linoleum Workers CIO reached a deadlock. The company withdrew its fifty cent per hour wage increase offer yesterday, and the union called a membership meeting to discuss the situation tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Kelly-Springfeld Tire Company
United Rubber, Cork and Linoleum Workers of America
CIO
Yesterda
Swede-Directed Crew Builds 125-Ft Chimney at Dairy Plant
A Swedish foreman led Consolidated Chimney Co of Chicago to complete a 125 foot stack at the Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase Dairy on Wisner Street in about two and a half weeks. The brickwork leaned only one eighth of an inch at finish, considered an excellent result. The foreman, who plans to buy a Packard with cash after his Frederick visit, earns about eight to ten thousand dollars yearly and travels for similar jobs across the country. The new stack, taller than the old steel one, will boost draft and boiler efficiency once connected.
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Consolidated Chimney Company of
Chicago
Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase
Wisner Street
Frederick
Europe
United States
Baltimore County Lawyer Sues for Fee in Circuit Court
Towson lawyer Michael Paul Smith sues Frederick county couple Gus Brodowski and his wife in Baltimore County Circuit Court seeking 700 for defense of a suit by Robert and Elizabeth Owens as surviving parents of the late Robert Owens Jr. Smith claims 450 is due for his work including interviews, investigation, and trial preparation. Aust in James is the attorney.
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Baltimore County
Frederick County
Michael Paul Smith
Towson
Gus Brodowski
Unionville
Robert
Elizabeth Owens
Robert Owens, Jr
United States Completes Wimbledon Clean Sweep
Louise Brough of Beverly Hills defeats Doris Hart of Mia in straight sets 6 3 3 6 to give the United States a clean sweep of Wimbledon singles honors. The victory follows Bob Falkenburg’s win over Bromwich and confirms a dominant American performance at the tournament.
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London
Louise Brough
Beverly Hills
Galt
Wibledon
Doris Hart
Mia
Iss Brough
Margaret Osborne Dupont
Wangton
Del
Miss Hart
Brough
Bob Falkenburg
Bromswich
Amerlia
Drunken Driving Charge Here After City Collision
Arthur Peomroy Frederick was booked on a charge of operating an automobile under the influence following a collision at Marke and Sixth streets Friday afternoon. He was released on $1000 bond for a Peppies Court hearing Tuesday. Two other arrests followed: Charles A. Smith and Wilham Cromwed, both charged with intoxication and held on bonds and costs.
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Arthur Peomroy
Frederick
Marke
Sixth Streets
Phillips
Peomroy
Peppies Court
Charles A. Smith
West South Street
Wilham
May Use New Draft Act To Halt Strike
Washington reports that the Truman administration weighs the new draft act to seize plants and mines if a threatened strike disrupts defense production. Steel firms seek NLRB injunction against the union shop clause in their conflict with John L. Lewis. Sparked by U S Steel, 18 companies claim unfair labor practices and push for fast NLRB action.
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Washington
the Woods Law
Truman
Steel Company
John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Russell Dgat
Lewis
U.S. Steel Corporation
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Flames Sweep Dagmar Salon Off Delaware Coast
Flames enveloped the 5,000 ton Swedish steamship Dagmar Salon ten miles off the Delaware coast forcing its crew to abandon ship. The S S Perla rescued some crew members while others stayed aboard on two lifeboats as a Coast Guard cutter and plane responded. One crewman was injured and hospitalized. The stricken ship was located about 30 miles south of Cape May and 10 miles east of the Delaware coast with boats sent only after the Gen Tangerine’s arrival.
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New York
Delaware
Associated Press
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Cape May
N. J
Pepeaeds
Lewes
Del
Delaware Bay
The Nation Today on Cost and the 1946 OPA Fallout
A July 3 column outlines how living costs rose 28 percent since June 1946 and politics will hinge on blame for inflation. It traces OPA’s death after Truman vetoed renewal, Republicans’ control of Congress since 1947, and debates over restoring price controls.
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Washington
OPA
Congress
Conress
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Rep. Crawford
Michigan
Conference At Hood College Concludes Monday
One hundred eighty seniors from the Westminster Fellowship of several northeastern states attend a Hood College conference in Maryland. Activities include religious classes workshops and a watermelon feast ending Friday. Graduation services are set for Sunday at 4 p.m. in the chapel with Rev. Richard M. Mussen directing.
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Westminster Fellowship
Presbyterian Church of
Alarvland
Virginia
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
District of Columbia
Hood College
Richard M. Mussen
Shernwood Presbyterian
Washington
Albania Accused by Yugoslavia Over Trade Break
Yugoslavia accused Albania of offensive acts and severed trade, ordering Yugoslav cultural and trade missions out within 48 hours. Three notes alleged insults to Tito, halted railroad construction, and expelled a Yugoslav colonel, with warnings of consequences.
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London
Belegrade Radio
Albania
Yugoslavia
Tans Jug
Marshal Tito
Foreign Ministry
Hey
Balkan
Communist International Information Bureau
Tito
Russia
Bitolj
Greece
Greek Second Army
Kozane
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
Rome
Unita
Cominform
Belgrade
Bucharest
Romania
Scutari
Remains of Pvt Carmack En Route for Homeward Interment
The body of Pvt Wilson T. Carmack Jr of Harmony Grove is en route to the United States for Europe reinterment. He was killed in action in France on December 2 1934 at age 22. He left the country in August 1944 with the 4th Division of the Seventh Army and was inducted March 1 1942. He is survived by his father, wife, daughter Sandra Lee, two sisters and his mother is deceased.
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Pvt
Wilson T. Carmack, Jr
Harmony Grove
United States
Europe
Wilsont. Carmack
Philadelphia
Carmack
France
Seventh Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
Louisiana
Kansas
Pauline Hoffman Carmack
Washington State
Sandra Lee
Janet Smith
Nancy Carmack
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Tray
U. S. Washington
D. W. Rentel
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
Sponsor's
Fedis
Maryland
Easton
Salis
Peter Edson
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Austin James
Atiorner
Carabinieri
By James Marlow
Hood
Pennsylvania
Delaware Avenue
Brunswick
Lula V. Karn
Clement D
Tanjug
Body of Pvt. Carmack
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