State Roads Commission to bid on widening Route 40 project
The State Roads Commission plans to solicit bids for widening and resurfacing old Route 40 from its junction with Alternate Route near Braddock Heights, possibly linking Braddock Springs to Braddock Heights to tame dangerous curves. A survey is finished and bid preparation is in final stages amid ongoing Route 219 work and a separate Route 49 contract award.
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The
State Roads Commission
U. S
Richard F. Kline
Garrett County
Jarwood
Howes
Cumberland Oakland
Est
Virginia
Commission
Ual
Baltimore
Frederick
Williams Construction Company
Middle River
Clear West Friendship
Lisbon
Rhana
Hyattstown
WBMA House arty Planned for Women Baptist Missionary Association
The Rainbow Token of Gods remises is the theme for the xth annual WBMA house party in the District of Columbia at Hood College from today to Sunday July 7 9. Notable speakers include Miss Helen Schmilx secretary public relations Woman s American Baptist Home Mission Society Miss Mary Setzekorn missionary to Alaska Mrs Baker James Cauthen wife of the secretary for the Orient Foreign Mission Board South Baptist Convention Miss Mary Ellen Wooten missionary to Nigeria and Mrs Edgar lates dean of Women McMasters University Hamilton Canada. A reception Friday night and a pageant Saturday night follow the regular sessions led by Mrs Will Elvie president. An auxiliary Columbian Girls leadership team under Mrs Carleton M Long directs Young People s Work WBMA.
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Women's Baptist Missionary Association
District of Columbia
Hood College
Helen Schmilx
Secretry Public Relations
Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society
Mary Setzekorn
Missonary
Alaska
Baker James Cauthen
Secreary
Orient
Foreign
Carleton M. Long
Young People's Work
Women demand equal roles in war jobs, defense
San Francisco July 7 women demand equal roles with men in the nation’s military economic and civil defense, Margaret Hickey, public affairs editor of the Ladies Home Journal, told the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Jobs convention. They will not be satisfied with minor assignments, she said, and must prove their ability to handle tough planning jobs and execute them brilliantly.
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San Francisco
Margaret Hickey
Edor
The
Ladies Home Journal
National Federation of Busiess
Widow Kate Cross-Eyes, Geronimo’s Widow, Dies at Mescalero
Kate Cross-Eyes, widow of Geronimo and third wife of the famed Apache chief, died yesterday on the Mescalero reservation in New Mexico. She had lived with her son Robert since 1914 and was believed to be about years old.
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Mescalero
N. M
Old West
Kate Cross-Eyes
Geronimo
Geronio
Robert
Gerono
Turns Down Suggestion to Limit Oil Shipments
London reports Britain rejected an American proposal to curb oil exports to China amid the Korean war. A Foreign Office spokesman said UK oil shipments to China suffice for civilian needs and no action was required. State Department asking U S firms to halt petroleum to Hong Kong and Macao, and to Red China and North Korea.
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London
Britain
Red
China
Foreign Office
United States
State Department
Hongkong
Red China
North Korea
Macao
Author and Wife Shot To Death In Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Calif July 79 John Guy Gilpatric 54 noted writer of Glencannon stories and his wife Maude Louise Gilpatric 62 were found shot to death in their home Deputy Coroner James W Webster listed the case as murder and death by own action The shootings apparently occurred late yesterday Maude’s body was found in the bedroom Gilpatric lay near the door Beside it as a pun The Glencannon stories have appeared for years in the Saturday Evening Post
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Santa Barbara
Calif
John Guy Gilpatric
Maude Louise Gilpatric
James W. Webster
Gilpatric
Webster
Saturday Evening Post
Freight Conductor Brutally Beaten in Cumberland Yard
James Bisel of Connellsville Pa was found semiconscious in a Cumberland caboose after a Wednesday night attack in the Baltimore and Ohio yards. He suffered possible skull fracture and multiple injuries, a knife and chain were missing, a 12 inch iron bar was nearby, two suspects were briefly detained and then released. Body later moved to Allegany Hospital where transfusion was required. Police continued investigation as railroad authorities sought clues.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
James B. Bisel
Connelleville
Bisel
H. GL. Johnson
Connellsville
Allegany Hospital
John K. Rozum
Rozum
Bisels
Eisel
Caboose
New Land Weapon Could Roll Out In Six Months
Dr. Van nevar Bush, a New York scientist, announced a powerful new land weapon that could quickly defeat heavily armored Russian tanks and may be in production within six months. He said production pace depends on the pressure behind the effort after arriving from Europe aboard the liner Vulvanta.
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New York
Vannevar Bush
Europe
Two Welfare Board Members Appointed Frederick County
Rev W Merval Weaver and Mrs Ulysses G Bourne named to Frederick County Welfare Board by the County Commissioners. Weaver, board chair since 1947, may serve a full term to May 31 1956. Bourne becomes first African American on the board, term to May 31 1956, joining Robert F Rhoderick who was renamed as the county’s representative. An organizing meeting is expected around July 25.
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W. Merval Weaver
Frederick Presbyterian Church
Ulysses G. Bourne
Frederick
Frederick County Welfare Board
Weaver
Norman Trott
Brunswick
Bourne
Richard F Nailin Frederick
Board of County Commissioners
Welfare Board
Robert F. Rhoderick
Rhoderick
Ports Busy With War in Korea
War in Korea spurs activity on the west coast as airlines and shipping firms rush ships and planes to supply U S forces in the Western Pacific. Port Chicago near San Francisco on a 24 hour shift, urgent calls for workers. Pan American moves planes from Miami and New York. Transocean recalls staff and seeks DC-4s. American President Lines seeks more vessels to aid military defense. First shipment under the defense program sails from Port Mason aboard the Steel Rover with eight and ten ton trailers signals and small arms gear.
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San Francisco
Korea
U. S
Western Pacific
Port Chicago
Pacific Fleet
Pan American Airways
Miami
New York
Transocean Airlines
American President Lines
U. S. Maritime Administration
Port Mason
Steel Rover
Six Months Meter Receipts Show Rise in Frederick
Frederick meter receipts for the first half of 1950 rose by more than 200 dollars from the same period in 1949. Collector Elgin Hemp reported 11,697.50 for the first six months of 1950 compared with 11,449.10 in 1949. June 1950 receipts were 1,91.29 and June 1949 totaled 1,770.16. May led the year with 2,348.25 in receipts.
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Frederick
Elgin Hemp
May
Danish Officers Barred From Leaving Denmark
Danish army and navy officers are forbidden to leave the country for holidays until further notice. They must spend holidays within 12 hours travel from their quarters. The army may close Lillebaelt bridge between Funen and Jutland with barbed wire fences at both ends as a precaution.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Lillebaci
Funen
Jutland
Korea Front Seen as Testing Ground for U S Weapons
Washington reports the Korean front may serve as a testing ground for new U S weapons. With a bitter land battle ongoing, ground forces may first receive evolving designs such as the super bazooka and recoiless gun. Antiaircraft and radar advances are also in production for Army use. Navy devices for detection and carrier-based weaponry are described as improved, while no tanks have yet arrived from Japan bases. If Russia enters the conflict, the testing environment could expand to a wider war scenario in Europe.
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Washington
United States
Korea
Pentagon
North Keorean
Owever
U. S
Russia
Europe
Lack Ships To Move Guns In Korea Conflict
Washington reports blame for slow delivery of American military equipment to Korea due to shipping shortages. Senator Tydings urges faster loadings and transport, warning of potential Soviet perception of American weakness. Other senators push for quick action while House members show less concern. Potts files to join Democratic State Central Committee. potential candidacy by J Tyson Lee. President Rhee notes no sabotage since war began and praises UN support and Korean morale.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Korea
America
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Maryland
Armed Services Group
Europe
Morse
R-Ore
United States
Russia
Byrd D-Vai
Kremlin
Arthur Potts
Board of Election Supervisors
Democratic State Central Committee
Potts
J. Tyson Lee
House of Delegates
George P. Mahoney
Taejon
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Five Day Maryland Delaware Weather Outlook
A five day forecast for Maryland and Delaware calls for fair weather with mostly sunny skies and gradually rising temperatures over the weekend. Showers or thunderstorms are possible Monday or Tuesday, then fair weather returns Wednesday. Temperatures will run near to slightly above seasonal normals.
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Maryland
Delaware
Reds vow to seize Formosa amid UN session actions
Red China warned it would seize Taiwan Formosa despite US naval protection and urged the United Nations to back its stance. The Security Council planned a vote on naming Gen Douglas MacArthur as the first UN supreme commander in a force, as Moscow and Beijing called the council action illegal and demanded Taiwan be recognized as part of China.
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Lake Success
Red China
Formosa
America
Chau An-lai
Peipimg
USN
Trygve Lie
U.S
Security Council
United States
Douglas MacArthur
U. N
Fassane
Choy En-Lai
Truman
Secretary-General
United Nations
U.N
Taiwan
China
Japan
South Korea
Moscow
Russia
Red
Hike in Commuter Fares Is Authorized
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved new increases in railroad commuter fares for four eastern railroads. The average rise is 21 to 25 percent and applies to interstate commuting in six states. Fares may take effect July 14, with an estimated $1.4 million annual increase. Authority covers Pennsylvania Railroad Reading Company Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania Reading Seashore lines for commutation in New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware Ohio and West Virginia.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Lines
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Ohio
West Virginia
Truman asks Congress for 260 million to speed atomic bombs
President Truman asked Congress to provide 260 million dollars to accelerate development of atomic bombs and hydrogen bomb research. He said funds would enable the AEC to build advanced plants, while stressing atomic energy has dual potential for destruction and peaceful use. He voiced complete confidence in Pike, whose Senate confirmation vote was upcoming.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Merv Truman
Sumner T Pike
Commission
Pike
Senate
Navy doubts four submarines sighted in North Korea harbor
Washington reports a Navy spokesman doubts a Far East claim that four submarines were sighted and hit by Air Force B 29 bombers in Chinnampo harbor. He noted submarines were based at Dalien before the war and sometimes visited Chinnampo. Dispatches also said B 29s damaged the four subs but no damage was reported. Separately a cruiser division and seven destroyers departed Long Beach for Pearl Harbor to join a task force around the carrier Philippine Sea. Walter Jones of Hackensack, New Jersey, was taken ill at a Frederick Maryland restaurant and rushed to Frederick Memorial Hospital. his condition was not serious.
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Washington
Navy
Dairen
Chinnnampa
Pentagon
Manchuria
Yellow Sea
Chinnampo
North Korea
Toyo
Far East Air Force
Chinnampo Harbor
Long Beach
Calif
Pearl Warrior
Philippine Sea
Helena
Toledo
Wiltsie
T. E. Chandler
Hamner
Chevalier
Craig
Parks and Sutherland
Walter Jones
Hackensack
N. J
Market
M. Ritchison and Son
Frederick Imorial Hospital
Tokyo
MacArthur
Pyongtaek
Sawan
Chonan
Reds
Mayunx
Pyongtsek
Chungju
Woonju
Ansong
Yongdok
Dath Parallel
Korea
Pusan
Kum
Taejon
South Korea
Russia
Pacific
William F. Dean
U. S
Japan
Quirino Sets Price Ceilings in Manila Area
President Elpidio Quirino announced price ceilings on milk canned foods fresh vegetables meat and other essentials in Manila and surrounding areas and said a similar order would follow for the provinces.
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Manila
Elpidio Quirino
KALISCHER RETURNS TO AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN KOREA
Tokyo July 7 Peter Kalis cher United Press correspondent in Korea returned safely to American headquarters after being cut off from American forces for two and a half days.
Russian Maneuvers In Germany Step Up
Berlin reports say eight Soviet divisions are conducting summer exercises in East Germany with tank supported river crossings. Intelligence notes increased troop activity to intimidate the Germans and unsettle the Western Allies as Allied observers anticipate several more drills before August to sharpen East German Army training.
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Berlin
S. Tateliterace
East Germany
Germany
Korean War Costs Loom For US In Global Struggle
Washington officials warn the Korean conflict may require heavy American mobilization, more money, men and munitions, and continued arms shipments to allies. President Truman defers concrete steps, while analysts revise earlier hopes for a quick UN backed victory as the war drags on for months.
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Washington
Administration
United States
Roes
Europe
Middle East
Southeast Asia
Western Pacific
Korea
Truman
Congress
National Guard
South Korea
United Nations Security Council
U.N
Three North Korean Divisions Lead Seoul Area Advance
General MacArthur reported major North Korean momentum with three divisions spearheading a push from Pyongtaek toward Chonan and Mayun, as forces mass north of Taejon. US and South Korean troops clashed near Chungju and Pyongtaek while air and sea attacks tried to blunt the advance.
Rockets Fail To Stop Korean Tanks Near Pyongtaek
American air crews report about 10 Red Korean heavy tanks north of Pyongtaek after sorties over Korea. F-89 jet fighters attacked but failed to knock out any tanks, with tanks lined up along the highway for two days.
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Japan
South Korea
Pyongtaek
Bill Jessup
McGraw-Hill Core
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Korean Front
Uncle Sam
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