Firemen Win Prizes At Walkersville Parade
Walkersville draws 6000 plus spectators as the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association wraps a two day convention. A week of carnival events culminates with a parade judged by Philip J. Ryan A M Grunwell and Sheriff Guy Anders awarding about 3600 in prizes to several fire companies and bands. The program closes with a band concert tonight.
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Walkersville
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
County Association
Philip J. Ryan
Att. Rainier
Maryland State Firemen’s Association
A. M. Grunwell
Washington, D. C
Guy Anders
Frederick County
Guardian Hose Company
Thurmont
New Midway
Miners' Pay Boost Up 85 Cents Per Ton
The United Mine Workers wage rise pushes coal prices higher with an 85 cent per ton increase. Pittsburgh Coal Company announces the hike to cover higher costs including trucking yard expenses and salaries. New prices: four inch Jump coal 10.85 per ton stoker coal 10.60 and nut slack 8.60.
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Pittsburgh
United Afine
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Union Official Accused Of Taking Orders From Russia
Dorothy C. Barry testified before a House subcommittee that a Local 65 union meeting featured a red hammer and sickle flag and the remark This is the flag we take our orders from. The incident, alleged to have occurred January 23 1945, involved a woman later identified as Esther Letz. Barry recalled the green dress white coat and blonde hair of the speaker.
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New York
House
Dorothy C. Barry
Wholesale and Warehouse Workers Union
CIO
Miss Barry
Charles J. Kersten
R-W
Esther Letz
Local 65
Roadside Bill Advances Toward Maryland Protection
Baltimore July 9 The State Legislative Council approved a roadside protection bill for introduction in the next general assembly. The measure would let the State Roads Commission designate highways with at least 1000 daily vehicles as roadside protected and authorize a 239 foot zoning strip on either side. An agricultural exemption would preserve farm structures.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Legislative Council
General Assembly
State Roads Commission
Embargo Imposed On Kansas City Wheat Shipments
Kansas City acts limit inbound wheat as record arrivals overwhelm terminals. Ralph E. Clark of the AAR says no cars will enter after 11:59 PM CST tonight, while already arriving stock continues to set daily records. Meeting of the Kansas City Board of Trade group announced the measure. Mullinix Park hosts a busy week with pools, games, and a teen dance drawing hundreds.
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Kansas City
Ralph E. Clark
Association of American Railroads
Southwest
Clark
Joint Terminal Grain Committee
Kansas City Board of Trade
Paper 133 Years Old Tells Of Church Lottery
An 1818 issue of Matthias Sartgis' Republican Gazette describes an episcopal church lottery as a major feature. The paper lists lottery managers, a bold “cash only” scheme, and a front-page note of local notices, theft reward, shop moves, and road widening petitions.
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Episcopal Church
Frederick
Matthias Sartgis
Republican Gazette
William Morsell
Pipe Creek
Carl Davis
Fountain Mills
Froe
Philip Thomas
John Grahame
George Baer
J. Hanon Thomas
Richard Potts
John Tyler
Thomas Shaw
William Hoss
Ben Rutherford
Williamsport
Middletown
Wiliam Gunton
Patrick Street
Baltimore
General Assembly
Mr. Cronise
Johnson
Frederick Elise
Lane
Rutherford
George Wm. Murdoch
U.N. Evacuation From Palestine Near Completion
U.N. personnel have been evacuated from Palestine aboard the Marquette and Palau after leaving Haifa for Rhodes. The evacuation included equipment used by mediator Folke Bernadotte. American destroyers rejoined the U S sixth Task Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean as the fleet shifts focus. Major dairy states in America are Wisconsin New York Iowa Minnesota Texas and Illinois.
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Palestine
Palau
Haifa
Arete
Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
Holy Land
Count Bermadette
U. S
Mediterranean
America
Wisconsin
New York
Iowa
Minnesota
Texas
Hlino
Farmer Freed In Traffic Case
A county farmer was exonerated of criminal charges after Magistrate Alton Y Bennett found him not guilty in a dispute over a tractor drawn haycarriage crossing Route 26 near Libertytown. The court heard that the haycarriage caused an east bound Cadillac driven by Willum Kessler to skid and strike the rear of the hay wagon, with no injuries reported and vehicle damage estimated around $10. The magistrate rejected claims that farm equipment had no right on the highway and critic argued the testimony of a State witness.
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Ghway
Alton Y. Bennett
Richard A. Myers
Libertytown
Scott Nion
Smith
Cadillac
Willum Kessler
Cumberland
Ressler W
Mers
Oine
Winess
Mary Ann
East Fifth Street
Evelyn Perkins
Boxing Goves
William Crom
Martinsburg Court Dockets Report Traffic Fines And Loitering
Sergt Swamis arrests for intoxication yield four to five days in default of a $5 fine and costs. Forfeitures include Peter Kaldes, James Allen each $645 for exceeding 30 mph by Officers Boone and Rentzell. George Chase admits larceny of 18 bottles. case pressed due to absence of bottle owners. Mayor Carl Lo Welliner vows action on loitering and stop light violations after police court session. One man fined $3 for running a stop light during a lecture incident.
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Sergt. Swamis
Peter P. Kaldes
Washington, D. C
James R. Allen
Juniata
Boone and
Rentzell
George
Chase
Martinsburg
W.va
Carl Lo Welliner
Martinsburs
Baltimore Voter Roll Flaws Prompt Cleanup Demands
In Baltimore 370000 voters are listed as dead away or moved. Daniel B Chambers Jr says the Board of Supervisors of Elections must clean up eight years of rots to fix faulty voter rolls. The article notes military unit movements and aerial gunnery drills in Maryland and nearby bases with dates in July and August 1948.
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Baltimore
Daniel B. Chambers
Board of Supervisors of Elections
Chambers
First State Troops Arriving At Camp Ritchie
The first contingent of Maryland National Guard troops, 195 men from Baltimore’s 175th Infantry, will begin two weeks of training at Camp Ritchie starting July 9. Units will arrive on staggered dates to stress individual soldier training amid youths joining under the peacetime draft, with Marsland troops of the 29th Division to start at Camp Ruehle on July 20.
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Camp Ritchie
Maryland National Guard
Baltimore
175Th
Marsland
29Th Divis
Camp Ruehle
120Th
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Mullinix Park
Markell & Ford
Fredericktown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jah Fyntz
George Trisler
Market Street
D and S. Websters Shoe Store
Howard's Park
Michael
Doll’s Jewelry Store
South Market ST
U.N
U.S
the News
Frederick, Md
Indiantown Gap
104Th
Dover
Del
County
115Th Infantry
Ritchie
Washington Market
M. D. Harp Real Estate Agency
Phytician Castle
Frederick, Maryland
Gordon Spurrier
Howard
Fink
Rep. Res
Sherwin-Williams Co
The
Frederick Motor Co
Ford Farming Headquarters
Hudson Supply and Equipment Con
Buckeystown, 3D
Shipley’s
Sport Store
N. Market St
James W. Carmack
Austin D. Trout
Depont
Renn's Service Center
North Market & Sixth Sts
Renn Pontiac CO
Thor
Universal
Damascus Electric CO
Damascus, MD
Damascus
Williams Grove Park
BIG Car
Park Theatre
Mane
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