Farm Fire Destroys Fawley Dairy Barns Near Lander
A chimney defect allegedly caused a Washington type cow barn and dairy house to burn completely early this morning on John R. Fawley’s farm near Lander. Four fire companies fought the blaze but could not save the dairy buildings, valued at about twenty thousand dollars, though a nearby frame horse barn was saved. Loss includes new hay, a wood fired boiler, milkers, refrigeration, and sterilization equipment. The family believes the fire started from chimney defects. neighbors reported the glow around eight o'clock and the urn found fifty feet from the dairy. Losses partly insured. replacement planned.
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John R. Fawley
Lander
Frederick Independents
Brunswick
Braddock Heights
Middletown
Oy. C. Lohr
Glenn Pearl
Pearl
Fawley
Four Frederick County teachers retire after long service
Charles C. T. Stull leads four well known Frederick educators in retirement after 37 to 48 years in the system. Beulah Moberly Minnie Cockerly Minnie Keller conclude long primary and music teaching at Buckeystown and North Market Street schools. Their departures follow a regular Board of Education meeting with resignations and new appointments announced.
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Frederick
Charles C. T. Stull
Frederick County
Board of Education
Beulah D. Moberly
Minnie Cockerly
Minnie Keller
Music Educators National Conference
Mass Moberly
North Market Street
State Normal School
Johns Hopkins Unniversity
Hood College
University of Maryland
Miss Keller
Buckeystown
University of Maryland Harrisonburg State Teachers College
Virginia
Bard
Charlies B. Rowe
Walkersville High
Elaine Rowe
Woodsboro
Maxine T. Murray
Janie Claytor
Foxville
Eva G. Lyles
Patricia Kennedy
Iarjorie Bolvin
East Frederick
Alice Gentry
Elm Street
Helen B. Lewis
Washington Street
Ethel Little
Doris “L. Ziebell
Helen Martin
Emmitsburg
Patricia Cummings
Dorothy Wilso
Middletown
Elaine Marston
Thurmont
Minne Hutt
Carmita Love
Lincoln High School
Garnetta Morgan
Frederick High School
Dawn M. Stine
Beatrice L. McClear
Shirley Levine
Grace Schneider
Barbara Nelson
Edna McMackin
Ann Scott McDonough
John Griffin
Carolyn Baer
James McKeon
Helen W. Claypool
Emmitsturt
Ruth Reon
Brunswick High
Jane Mooney
Nancy L. Sylvanus
John Scott
Edith Addison
Lincoln
Wilma
Hoopeland
Old
Ramona Crowl
Brunswick
Anne Funk
Doris Falmer
Barbara Weaiver Frederick
Hood
Verna Parkinson
Maryann Howe
Johanna Magaha
Barbara Salyers
Helen Yinger
Helen
Irish Nationalists Sabotage Power System During Queen Visit
Belfast experiences suspected sabotage as electric power is cut, a railway bridge is bombed near the southern border, and harbor power station failures halt traffic and delay trains. Queen Elizabeth II arrived for a three day state visit with the Duke of Edinburgh amid security scares and rumors. No casualties reported.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republic
Dublin
Harbor
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Republic of Ireland
Royal Ulster R Cédstabulary
Deeds Recorded For Sales Of Properties
Deeds filed in the clerk's office record multiple property transfers. Richard C Schaeffer sold 002 Cutler avenue to Harry V Frushour for about 16300 dollars. Clifford E Baker sold 305 Trail avenue in Toll Gate Manor to Tom J Fallin for about 11300 dollars. Thomas H Jarvis sold about 172 acres in Creagerstown near Rocky Ridge to Victor Pratt for about 9500 dollars. Richard F Kline sold ~12846 square feet along east street near Ninth street to Crown Oil and Wax Company for about 84 dollars. Monocacy clear at Frederick Junction and Potomac clear at Knoxville.
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Richard C. Schaeffer
Harry V. Frushour
Cutler Avenue
Cliftton E. Baker
Tom J. Fallin
Trail Avenue
Toll Gate Manor
Thomas H. Jarvis
Victor Pratt
Creagerstown
Rocky Ridge
Richard F. Kline
Crown Ofl and Wax Company
East Street
Ninth Street
Cool Canada Air Brings Relief to Northern Midwest
The Associated Press reports cool air from Canada and the Pacific eased heat in Northern Midwest today while the eastern half faced hot muggy conditions through the Fourth of July weekend. The breeze extended from the upper Mississippi Valley through Eastern Nebraska to Western Kansas, with no break in the Southwest Texas Oklahoma and much of Kansas.
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Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Heads For Blood Program Are Announced
Frederick county Red Cross announces Mrs W Jarboe Grove as blood program chairman with Mrs Richard Dutrow named recruitment chairman replacing retired Mrs Herbert Heston. Bloodmobile slated for Tuesday July 14 as Memorial Donor enrollments continue through the month to aid polio and war service needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Jarboe Grove
Red Cross
Frederick County
Charles V. Main
Grove
Richard ©. Dutrow
Herbert Heston
Paul Willard
Main
Dutrow
Montgomery County
Alabama
Frederick
Maryland
Shivers Urges Texans to Pray for Rain Sunday
Texas Governor Allan Shivers called on Texans to pray for rain as drought persists across the Southwest. He said government aid has reached its limit by human means while the Senate and House push for more relief. Eisenhower expanded disaster coverage to parts of Colorado New Mexico Kansas and Arkansas. An eight million dollar federal aid program aims to supply livestock feed at below market prices, with distribution expected on West Texas ranches by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Allan Shivers
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Arkansas
B. F. Vance
Production and Marketing Administration
Dusty
West
Unauthorized Use Of Auto Charged In Maryland
Three Negro soldiers assigned to Fort Ritchie will be given hearings in Smithsburg before a Magistrate tonight on charges of unauthorized use of Pvt. Heorr i Kowalski’s car. Thomas league, arrested Tuesday after a state police investigation, and Arthur S Jenkins and Marshall Lee Chapman, detained on the post Wednesday, were lodged in Washington County jail at Hagerstown. The 1953 Ford was taken from a parking lot near the installation Saturday evening after a chase that ended with the suspects fleeing into the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Ritchie
Smithsburg
Heorr i Kowalski
Ritchie
Thomas League
W.W Corbin
Troopler J. R. Rouzee
Arthur S. Jenkins
Marshall Lee Chapman
Wacnington County
Hagerstown
Ford
Dubel
Thurmont
Land
Frederick
Heat Wave May Break By July 4
The eighth day of a heat wave may end by Independence Day as the weather bureau foresees cooler conditions Saturday. Temperatures will still be hot today and tomorrow, with a forecast of 93 or higher. Thunderstorms are possible Friday and a cooler night is expected. Frederick endured another hot night with 72 at the airport and a low in the seventies predicted tonight. Traffic expected to surge for the holiday weekend prompts Chief Main to urge cautious driving and safe travel practices to reduce accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Frederick
Charles V. Main
Main
Reds Tanks Are Trapped Near Front in Korea
U S Sabre jet fighters attacked a camouflaged valley behind the Western Front, blasting 30 to 40 Communist tanks with 1 000 pound bombs. Black smoke hid wreckage as the Fifth Air Force reported no precise count. The front saw heavy artillery and mortar fire with about 12 million rounds in June, while front-line rain of shells continued and South Korean troops pushed Chinese forces from Finger Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Eighth Army
Finger Ridge
Looksout Mountain
Virginia Hill
Promises End Of Heat Wave
Maryland weather officials predicted the heat wave would end around the Fourth of July as cooling rains move in late tomorrow afternoon. Forecasters said Saturday would be near normal with highs near 85, though hot humid weather returns after the rain. The leading edge of the change was expected in Western Maryland today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Canada
Field House Chosen For Frederick Lutheran Mission Services
Rev. Carroll L. Boyer announced that the Staley Park field house will host Sunday services for Frederick’s new Lutheran mission congregation starting September 13. Meetings at 602 Biggs Avenue are open to interested persons as plans form for church organization and Sunday school, with a corporate meeting in three to four weeks to appoint committees.
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Staley Park
Frederick
North End
Biggs Avenue
Boyer
Violence Ignites in Augusta Bus Strike Riot
In Augusta Georgia six people were hospitalized after a tear gas bomb exploded in a city bus amid a strike by AFL Amalgamated drivers. A company spokesman blamed mob rule while nonunion drivers armed with pistols operate during the walkout that began May 31 seeking higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Roy V. Harris
Augusta Coach Company
Reds Revive Pieck in East Germany Unity Plea
The Teleglische Rundschau prints a full page tribute to Wilhelm Pieck the 77 year old head of the East German government with photos of him with party comrades. He signs an article urging an end to economic and political ills and the creation of an atmosphere for postwar German reunification under communist leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Germany
Wilhelm Pieck
Pieck
Red Army
Tegliche Rundschau
East Zone
Soviet Union
Comptroller calls banks to file condition statements
Washington ISTATEMENTS CALLED WASHINGTON reports the comptroller of the currency requests a statement of the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Tuesday. The notice names Jane Hi as the contact for compliance and outlines filing requirements.
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Istatements
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Jane Hi
107 State Department employees fired amid probes
Washington report shows 107 State Department employees terminated this year after investigations into homosexuality and security concerns. Security officer R W Scott McLeod testified that 74 of the dismissals arose from such probes, while no list of alleged communists identified by Sen McCarthy was found. McLeod emphasized caution about confirming communist ties and noted Soviet penetration risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
State Department
R.W. Scott McLeod
House Government Operations Committee
Rep. Brownson
R-Ind
McLeod
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Department
Fight Over Air Force Budget Sparks House Showdown
Washington dispatch reports Republicans rally around an Eisenhower plea to block a Democratic bid to boost the Air Force budget. The House votes on a $34.42 billion military appropriation with a proposed $1.175 billion Air Force increase, amid debate over 120 versus 143 wings and related aircraft counts.
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Air Force
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Appropriations Committee
Mahon
D - Tex
Hoyt
Vandenberg
Eisenhower Air Force
Truman
Scriver R-Kan
Too Late To Be Sorry Accused Youth Confesses
James A Duranty, a 14-year-old Wisconsin youth, has admitted fatally stabbing Sumner Harris publisher of the Door County Advocate and his wife Grace in Sturgeon Bay. He told sheriff he did not know why he did it and signed a statement saying it is too late to be sorry. Duranty was arrested in Shelbyville after officers found him asleep in a courthouse restroom.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Wisconsin
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Sumner Harris
Door County
Grace
Shelby County
Robert Meltzer
James A. Duranty
Anti Red Former POWs Report To ROK Near Pusan
About 400 anti Red North Korean war prisoners released from U.N. stockades arrived at the South Korean Army replacement center near Pusan. They wore folded South Korean flags and rode in at least 15 trucks toward Tongnae depot. Officials said more POWs in Pusan would follow, part of a wider 27 000 released in June by President Rhee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pusan
Korea
U.N. Stockades
South Korea
Tongnae
Syngman Rhee
Open Doors To New Medical Research Center Dedication
Washington inaugurates a 64 million dollar NIH clinical center near Bethesda Maryland five years in build. It aims to conquer cancer and heart disease with rigorous research. Eight women with cancer will be admitted as first patients for a capacity of 300 non paying participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hobby
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Congress
W. Henry Sebrell
Petersburg
The
Public Health Service
Unauthorized Strike Ties Up Transportation
In St. Louis a mass meeting of AFL operators was scheduled to persuade the striking workers to return to work. The unauthorized walkout began at midnight Tuesday, halting buses and streetcars used by over 500,000 daily riders in St. Louis and nearby suburbs.
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ST. Louis
AFL
St. Lewis
Comen
Arthur J. Carrell
Public Service Company
New Series Of Icepick Operations Planned In West Virginia
Dr Walter A Freeman of Washington DC will return to West Virginia on July 6 for a new series of icepick operations at state mental institutions. The surgery, transorbital lobotomy, aims to relieve tensions and help patients adjust to normal life. An instrument resembling 29 ice picks is inserted beneath the eyelid and nerve connections behind the eye are cut to ease fear and anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Walter A. Freeman
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Truce Talks Stall Over Rhee Terms
U S envoy Robertson and President Rhee met in Seoul in a stalled sixth round as Rhee demands unification or more war while the United States pushes for a negotiated path. Pyun Yung Tai suggested a time limit for talks and cautious optimism persists despite no date for the next session. Eisenhower’s envoy may depart Seoul within two days as Washington forecasts a possible truce without Rhee’s full agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Korea
South Korea
Rhee
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
Pyun Yung Tai
Pyun
Rhee-Robertson
Washington
Robertson
Eisenhower Says Progress, Democrats Counter With Questions
President Eisenhower claims his party is showing progress and can enact a progressive program, while Democrats chant questions about which program. Senators Ferguson Taft Monroney and Anderson challenge the pace and substance, noting little new legislation and GOP efforts to frame Congress as effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Congress
Ferguson
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Sen
Monrones D-Okla
Anderson
Rate Increase Case for Consolidated Gas and Electric
In Baltimore the next step is a meticulous review of the utility's books to decide if electricity rates should rise about six percent in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Consolidated Gas and Electric Company
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Bonn
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Fred Advance
Eack High School
Lutheran Mission Congregation
ME. Myers
F. Ross Myers
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Circuit Court
Banking Board
State of
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Myers
O'Conor
Lane
Morton M. Prenti
ROK
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