Wheat shipments rise as county markets roll in
Farmers Cooperative Association in the county handles about 5 000 bushels of wheat as 15 trucks queue to deposit grain by 10 a m A carload destined for Baltimore terminals has left and another is being loaded Most grain moisture runs around 16 percent and the crop should grade No 2 after drying While most grain may be sold on the open market at 1 90 per bushel government storage is expected with farmers receiving around 2 00 per bushel The county crop is strong despite some stripe rust and rusting Anticipated warm dry July weather may push temperatures toward the 90s and Friday recorded a high of 83 at the airport
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Balmore Terminals
Farmers Cooperative Aspciation
Dficis
Balmore
Ain
Airport Staton
Mt Airy Gains 252 In Carroll County Census
Unofficial returns show Mt Airy rising to 1 38 from 588 in 1949, an increase of 252 suggesting a near percent gain. Westminster remains Carroll’s largest town, Taneytown, Manchester, Sykesville, and Union Bridge follow in population shifts amid overall county total of 44 501 and Westminster district’s 10 958.
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Mt. Airy
Carrell
Jarrell County
Frede ‘Wick
Westminster
Carroll
Taneytown
Manchester
Sykesville
Union Bridge
New Windsor
Hampstead
Carroll County
Middleburg
New Wind
Yon
Union Dridge
General Electric Announces 3 Percent Pay Raise Coast to Coast
New York July 8 General Electric Co announced a three percent pay raise for about 160000 workers across the country. The raise matches a previous offer in a union contract proposal along with pension and insurance improvements. GE said the increase has no strings attached and it believes the total package meets current economic patterns.
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New York
General Electric Co
Ram
Slectric
Draft action details and provisions under new Selective Service act
President Truman announced draft action as the Selective Service act takes effect tomorrow. The plan allows mobilization to 2,005,882 if voluntary enlistments lag, with May 31 strength at 1,458,400 and a remaining 547,482 to meet the cap. All males 18 to register. inductees must be over 19. 17-year-olds require parental consent. service terms vary from 21 months for draftees to four years for several branches. reserves and National Guard may be called up. some highly qualified volunteer reservists may be retained.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
National Guard
Recruiting Offices Close For Weekend
Winchester Hall units suspend enlistment over the weekend after a noon order to expand the armed forces. Sgt. Sherman explains married men with dependents cannot enlist. aid to dependents ends when enlistments expire or in July 1951. Veterans inquiries are common. Navy may study a recruiter at Winchester Hall soon.
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U. S. Army and
Air Force
Winchester Hall
Bidwell Sherman
Army
Corps of Engineers
Philippine Islands
Sgt
Sherman
Navy
B 29s Replaced From Mothballs In Far East War Use
Washington reports B 29 Superfortresses that served in World War II were kept in reserve and reintroduced to combat in Korea. Twenty two new B 29s arrived five months before fighting. They target air fields oil refineries bridges rail yards and docks in North Korea as the war expanded. Additional planes were ordered to reinforce the Far East from the west coast. Cumberland mourns Joseph P. Dorsey a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official who died at 67 after a heart attack.
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Washington
Air Force
Far East
Guam
Korea
North Korea
P. Dorsey
Cumberland
Joseph P. Dorsey
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Borsey
Grafton
W. Va
Allegany Hospital
Dorsey
New Castle
Milk Hearing Urged for Frederick County Producers
The Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association asks county producers to attend a District Commissioners hearing in Washington on Monday to oppose a proposed change allowing chlorine sterilization of milk. The meeting, at 19 a.m. in the old District building, could affect Washington milk supply and local prices if chlorine sales are permitted.
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Maryland and
Virginia Milk Producers Association
Washington
14Th Street
Pennsylvania
Frederick County
Maryland-Virginia
Foul Gas Prompts Mass Evacuation in Quad City Area
A foul smelling gas spread through East Moline Silvis Rock Island and Davenport prompting residents to flee by car in nightwear to high ground. Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric crews traced the odor and found no gas lines leaking. The odorless gas may have drifted from the Mississippi river area toward Muscatine with no injuries reported beyond upset stomachs.
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Moline
East Moline
Silvis
Rock Island
Davenport
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Wiliig Company
Mississippi River
Muscating
Art Schinske
Moline Dispateh
Chicago
NEA Bans Reds From Membership
The National Education Association with about 450000 members voted almost unanimously to bar Communists from membership. The by law amendment prohibits any member of an organization that seeks to change the U S government by methods not in the Constitution. Officers did not disclose exact vote figures at the convention's end.
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St. Louis
Tuly &4P
National Education Association
Teachers’ Organization
United States
Troops pass through city in convoys heading for maneuvers
A large number of colored troops from the District of Columbia moved through the city in convoys this morning. They were reportedly heading for Indiantown Gap, Ta for summer maneuvers.
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District of Columbia
Indiantown Gap
Defense of Formosa Under U S Naval Command
The commander of the U S Seventh Fleet met with Chiang Kai Shek to discuss Formosa defense. Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble is ordered by President Truman to deter any Communist invasion and will confer with military leaders on naval matters and coordination with Nationalist forces and American ships.
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Taipei
Formosa
U 8
Seventh Fleet
Chiang Kai Shek
Truman
Arthur D. Struble
Struble
MacArthur
U. S
Far East
Mr. Truman
New China
Local National Guard Units On Way To Camp Pickett
Maryland National Guard units left the city at 10 25 for a two week summer encampment at Camp Pickett Virginia. About 77 officers and men from Company A and the Medical Company of the 115th Infantry 29th Division departed by bus to Point of Rocks then joined by other units from Western Maryland. Detachments from both units are already at the site and advance details led by Sergt Jack Harris arranged for reception on arrival.
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Pickett
Company A
Sergt
Jack Harris
James A. Cutsatt
Willard M. Hoyvine
Richard A. Fox
Edgar T. Stevens
Korean Communists Conserving Air Power in North Korea
A veteran Navy flyer said North Korean forces are conserving air power for desperate uses as many planes lie hidden in revetments unseen by low level strafing. He reported gunboats in Chinnampo harbor and two strafing attacks on his planes, while North Korean airfields and planes were target priorities of the carrier mission. Separately a DC cyclist in the Three Star Half Mile AMA trials at the Fair Grounds was injured in a time trial incident and later discharged from Frederick Memorial Hospital with bruises and abrasions.
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Tokyo
Itea
Navy
North Korea
Cmdr
Harvey P. Lanham
Los Angeles
Lanham
Chinnampo Harbor
Air Force
District of Columbia
Carnally
Fair Grounds
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Seizure Of Strike-Bound Road Ordered By President
President Truman ordered seizure of the strike bound Rock Island Railroad and directed the Army to run it for national defense. He urged all employees to return to work and said negotiations with the Switchmen's Union would be considered, while noting other lines were resuming service after walkouts.
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Washington
Truman
Swichmens Union of North America
Chicano
C. BE
McDaniels
Switchmen
Sefton
Secere
Arthur Glover
Francis A. O'Neil
NationalRailwave Mediation Board
Rock Island Rairoad
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Great Northern
Denver
Rin Grand Western
Western Pacific
Ordered To Leave City In Wake Of Accident Charge
A Staunton Virginia resident was ordered out of the city and state by a substitute magistrate after a jaywalking accident at West Patrick and North Court streets. Jacob Bailey was arrested for drunkenness and hospital refusal, while other court items included fines for various traffic offenses and a custody-related plea. Seven men were rescued from Chesapeake Bay after a collision near Tolchester.
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Staunton
West Patrick
North Court Streets
Edward J. Smithhis
Jacob Bailey
Spring Park
West Patrick Street
J. Boone
H. Phillips
Phillips
Peoples Court
Charles F. Roberts
Frederick
House of Correction
Paul B. Rhoads
Ruth E. Roberts
Woodsboro
John S. Prichard
Grantsville
Donald W. Shannon
Silver Spring
Ernest R. Washburn
Arlington
Anthony Jr. Malatesta
Washington
Roy G. Brown
Massillon
Trussell V. Chambers
San Francisco
Cal
Francis MM. Miller
Greenville
Hill
Maynard J. Wintnes
Latren M. Ridge
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Tolchester
MacArthur Named UN Forces Commander in Korea
President Noam named Gen Douglas MacArthur to command UN forces in Korea under UN Security Council resolution. He will lead operations against North Korean forces using the blue and white UN flag and the allied nations’ colors. The council authorized a unified command with MacArthur as supreme commander.
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Washington
Noam
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
U. N. Security Couriet
Tear
MacArthie
North Keres
Security Couneil
Inp
Take Siecass
N.Y
United States
Cmited
MacArthur
U S Moves to Hold Korean Fight With Expanded Forces
Washington signals will to enlarge American armed forces to sustain the Korean fight to a finish. Officials say the draft is necessary to keep readiness and deter a broader Soviet move while Russia may seek provocation elsewhere. State Department backs redeploying divisions to preserve U S strength and deter further Communist action.
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Washington
Troms Becinion
United States
Russia
Setion
Tere
Kremlin
Korea
State Department
Clothes as security lead to theft and cash found
A Seattle case recalls a security loan using clothes as collateral. James Pascoe sought a near six thousand dollar fee from Nettie Cross, who paid with her husband’s garments, later recovered by Pascoe. William Cross reclaimed coats, revealing six thousand dollars in cash, prompting police to report satisfaction. Wimbledon update notes Louise Brough defeating Margaret Osbourne Dupont in the women’s singles with scores 6 3 6 3 and 6 - continued results.
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Seattle
James
Pascoe
Nettie Cross
William Cross
Everyyone
Louise Brough
Beverly Sills
Calif
Margaret Osborne Dupont
Wilmington
Del
MacArthur Warns North Korea Drive Curtailed
General MacArthur said North Korean offensives were curtailed but Reds massed tanks and heavy artillery for renewed attack. He cited a communique detailing 40 North Korean tanks south of Suwon and reports of tanks crossing rivers toward Pyongtaek and Wonju, with reinforcements flowing from the north.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Pyongtae
Ansong
Songhwan
Pyongtaek
Tyongsiik
Wonju
Pyongtaels
Pusan
Palsang
Taegu
US 8
Korea
Suwon
Yongju-Chungju
Chonan Held By U S Forces Amid Probing Attacks
Washington reports that American forces in South Korea still hold the town of Chonan as North Korean probing operations continue nearby. A Pentagon briefing noted Tokyo headquarters said the town remained in U S hands after North Korean attacks and a prior American withdrawal. General MacArthur announced a 60 ton tank capture, a development noted by observers. A new leaflet barrage totaling 1.2 million pieces was dropped in areas occupied by North Koreans.
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Washington
Defense Department
South Korea
Chonan
Pentagon
Tokyo
Pheyo
Chanan
MacArthur
Inne
Miss Corma Mowrey Elected N E A President
Miss Corma Mowrey of Clarksburg West Virginia was elected president of the National Education Association yesterday. She had served as vice president this past year and won the post without opposition to lead the nation s largest professional organization.
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NEA
St. Louis
Corma Mowrey
Clarksburg
W. Va
National Education Association
Miss Mowrey
Enemy Makes His Deepest Penetration at Chonan Front
North Korean forces captured Chonan, 60 miles south of Seoul, signaling their deepest penetration of South Korean defenses. American troops retreated southward amid an artillery duel, with weary, nervous defenders lamenting lack of heavy weapons but noting fresh U.S. equipment and new troops arriving.
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King
Chonan
Seoul
Tokyo
Korean War Draft Decision Marks Fiscal Strain Ahead
President Truman’s draft order won swift congressional backing as a necessary response to North Korean aggression. Lawmakers warned of tightened belts, possible rises in military spending, and mobilization powers, while some doubted tax cuts and overall federal outlays. Senate voices called for greater foreign arms aid to Europe, and officials noted possible reserve officer mobilization alongside inductions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Rim
South Korea
Bridges
White House
Korea
Lodge R
D-Va
Appropriations Committee
May Extend GI Rights To Troops In Korea
The House Veterans Committee may consider extending the GI Bill benefits to all U S military personnel in Korea, not just World War II veterans. Chairman Rankin said a meeting is planned for next Tuesday to discuss the proposal and its applicability to current service members.
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Korea
Washington
United States
House Veterans Committee
Rankin
D-Miss
Veterans’ Committee
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