Fractures Jaw In Odd Accident In City
Luther Hargett of Tany Apartments suffered multiple upper jaw fractures and dental damage after swinging a 30 pound ice block from his truck and colliding with a city water works truck on DeGrange Street. He was treated at the Provisional Building and sent home.
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Derange Street
Luther Hargett
Tany
Fair
William J. Davis
Raymond Geisbert
Young Hargett
Arthur Hoffman Ice Company
DeGrange Street
Hargett
Everal
Vandals Disable City and County Windows and Lights
Sheriff Guy Anders reports widespread vandalism across the county and city over several weeks. City Engineer WY Walter cites broken Baker Memorial carillon windows and lit floodlights, with teen suspects. Yellow Springs picnic grounds suffer heavy abuse, trash removal noted. rest house at Yellow Springs heavily damaged.
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Cunty
Sherif Guy Anders
WY. Raymond Walter
Baker Memorial Carillon
Baker Park
Yellow ‘S Springs
Walter
Yellow Springs
Pravda Attacks West German Police and Army Plan
Pravda claims Western powers ordered a 30 000 man West German army to be formed and mechanized with automatic weapons. It cites Hitlerite officers arriving in Bonn to lead the force and says this violates Potsdam. Bonn sought a central West German police force of about 5 600, rejected then reconsidered after Korea.
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Moscow
Pravda
Bonn
Sias
U. S. Eich
John J. McSloy
Robber Halts Diners During Cash Grab at Joop Restaurant
In Chicago on July 11, a masked robber demanded $3,022 from cashier Janet Williams 24. He handed a note threatening death, prompting her to hand over the money in a bag. Diners continued eating as the suspect fled the scene.
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Chicago
Janet Williams
Corn Borer Infestation To Be Heavy In Frederick County
An University of Maryland entomologist survey warns of heavy corn borer damage in Frederick County likely to match last year. Robert Wiley reports peak egg laying the week of June 19 to 24 and widespread potato plant destruction from early brood eggs. Second brood lays may begin July 25 threatening late corn, with current weather a key factor. Japanese beetles appear in increasing numbers with hotspots Creagerstown and south of Frederick. Milky White grub disease reduces grub populations in treated fields. Some farmers report effective traps and others prefer hand-picking beetles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Maryland
Robert Wiley
Wiley
Frederick
Creagerstown
Two Prisoners Escape From Maryland Reformatory Battalion
Two young inmates Frederick Pencil Jr. and John Hovey escaped from a Tabor battalion at Gathland State Park in Barracks B territory. They were last seen toward Burkittsville while police notified all agencies. Pencil is 20, 6 ft 1 in, 167 lb with multiple facial scars and a birthmark. Hovey is 21, 5 ft 7 in, 128 lb with a scar on the right forehead and other marks.
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Maryland Reformatory
Breathedlesville
Tabor
Gathland State Park
Frederick Pencil, Jr
John Hovey
Baltimore
State Park
Burkittsville
Herman Toms
Gambrill State Park
Hovey
Pleven Confirmed as France's New Premier
Paris July 11 Premier Rene Pleven was confirmed in his post today by the National Assembly. An unofficial tally showed 363 votes for confirmation and 187 against. Pleven urged unity behind a strong government amid an international crisis.
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Paris
Rene Pleven
National Assembly
Pleven
Condition Of Streams In Maryland Report
Monocacy River near Buckeys town dam shows cloudy water while Potomac River clear on Maryland side at Point of Rocks indicating differing turbidity conditions along nearby waterways based on local observations.
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Buckeystown Dam
Potomar
Maryland
Point of Rocks
Sugar Shortage Fears Quelled by Local Officials
Panic buying clears shelves in Frederick area as residents rush to stock sugar. Local and chain outlets report replenishment efforts, Chamber of Commerce and grocers reassure no sugar famine or rationing is planned. Government notes no short supply and Cuba crop ready for import if needed. War scare buying cited as old pattern that harms consumers by spoilage.
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Frederick Brocedes
Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Witch Grocers
United States
George C. Slagie
Continental
Cuba
Mr. Slagle
Beer Permit Is Revoked for Ohler's Cafe Near Emmitsburg
John E. Ohler's Ohler's Cafe on Route 32 east of Emmitsburg had its on sale beer permit suspended for ten days after Sanitarian Bruce Britnay and Liquor Commissioner G Cleveland Trout found sanitary violations. The Health Department action followed a prior downgrade to C for failure to meet standards. Renewal will depend on bringing the premises up to code.
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John E. Ohler
Ohler
Emmitsburg
County Health Department
Bruce Britney
G. Cleveland Trout
Health Department
Sanitarian
Route 32
Trout
Bruchey
Ten American Tanks Lost in North Korea Fight
The Defense Department reports ten American tanks destroyed and two disabled in heavy North Korean action. Front dispatches describe 60 ton enemy tanks and a thrust led by eleven tanks that recaptured positions. Two American tanks were knocked out. John E Peurifoy was nominated by President Truman as ambassador to Greece to head the aid mission.
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Washington
Defense Department
Far Eastern
Peurifoy
John E Peurifoy
Truman
Greece
Letters Granted In Burdette Estate In Orphans Court
Letters of administration in the estate of Rufus H Burdette were granted this morning by the Orphans Court to L Pearce Rawlss Mr Airy administrator. The estate valued at $1000.
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Rufus H. Burdette
Orphans Court
L. Pearce Rawlss
Airy
Delegates Gather for Women's Guild Conference at Hood College
About 270 delegates from nine states register at Hood College for the summer conference of the Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Dr Andrew G Truxal will welcome attendees at 145 this afternoon. the conference closes Friday noon. Miss Ruth Landis leads fellowship and a Mother Goose party to pack World Service kits for preschoolers to ship to Europe or the Orient.
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Hood College
Women’s Guild of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
Ohio
Alabama
New York
Pennsylvania
West Viginia
New Jersey
Andrew G. Trusal
Ruth Landis
National Women’s Guild
Cleveland
Miss Landis
Europe
Orient
Kingdom of God
Hood
Tsuyaka Yamada
Westminster Choir College
Princeton
N. J
Miyagi College
Senda
Japan
Yamada
R. Paul Smith
Magers
Taacr
Mabel Head
New York City
United
South Korea
Miss Head
Britain
South America
United States
Fredericksonians
Paul J. Althouse
Dittmar Shaft
Evangeliical and
Grace Church
Two Newsmen Die At Front
Two American correspondents died in the Korean War zone as fighting raged near their outpost. Ray Richards of Hearst Newspapers and Cpl Ernie Peeler of the Tokyo Stars and Stripes were reported missing before authorities confirmed their deaths. A regimental adjutant named Captain Downey said bodies were not recovered due to ongoing combat. Peeler previously worked as a San Bernardino journalist before military service.
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Tokyo
Ray Richards
Hearst
Cpl
Ernie Peeler
Peeler
San Bernardino
Calif
Newsman recounts atrocities by Communists in Korea front lines
Reporter William R. Moore from a Korean frontline area describes two American soldiers found dead with hands tied behind them and slayings of others. He notes tanks, jet strafing, and chaotic battle conditions as U.S. troops push through rugged terrain while witnessing suspected executions by North Korean forces.
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William R. Moore
Korea
UPS
Rene Cantmand
Gates
Joinerville
Tex
Pritt
Gressy
MacArthur
Hix Delar
Ous
Dis Valley
Harry Kenney
Algy
Wo Va
James T Miller
Columbus
Kenney
Miller
Rocky Mountain fever returns to Frederick County patients treated
Rocky Mountain spotted fever is seen again in Frederick County with four recent hospital cases at Frederick Memorial. Doctors report early diagnosis and prompt antibiotic treatment reduce severity and shorten illness. Tick-borne infection can occur in city or rural areas as ticks inhabit lawns and vegetation. health officials say the current outbreak is similar to 1949.
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Rocky Mountain
Frederick County
Ysav
Jony
Frederick Memorial Hospital
No Draft Call Received Here in Frederick and County
No 4 and No 46 Selective Service boards in Frederick City and county have received no induction calls. A Baltimore statement says Maryland’s first induction quota will be about 300, roughly five men per board, similar to the national call. Board No. 44 led by Parsons Newnan and Board No. 46 led by John V. Nicodemus await fall funding for clerical expansion as more details emerge. A small blaze at Annapolis State House basement was controlled by three fire companies.
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Selective Service Boards
Frederick
Maryland
Servier
Fremericks
Tn Indurt
Noo
Parsons Newnan
Noa
John V. Nicodemus
Walkersville
East Church Street
Selective Service
Roth
Trud Charges US War Motive In Korea
Trud reports Moscow claims the United States started the Korea War to boost war spending and frighten peace partisans. It cites Soviet citizens who signed the Stockholm peace petition demanding an end to the “criminal venture” of American war mongers in Korea. The petition opposes the atomic bomb.
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Moscow
ite-Trud
United States
Korea
Stockholm
Hancock Dead Woman Turns Up Very Much Alive
The case of the strangled redhead widens as a woman calling herself Mrs. Lottie Gibson 31 of Akron Ohio appears to be alive. Police in multiple states coordinate as a Buffalo border area mystery resurfaces with new tips and potential sightings.
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Hancock
Paul Munson
Morgan County
Potomacc
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lottie Gibson
Akron
Cumberland
Maryland
Gibson
James Preston Bishop
Needmore
Charles S. Burke
Berkeley Springs
Bishop
Burke
Pressure By Kinemy All Along Line
American headquarters reports North Korean pressure across the front with infiltrations behind lines at night. Spokesman says Reds use flanking tactics, with fighting near Chonm and Che rhivon and rumors of a tank assault by northern troops driving one American unit from entrenched positions.
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Karen
Daly US
An Aimenedan Fel
Snd
Chonm
Cherhivon
Tokyo
Chochewon
Lambert
Associated Press
White Crosses Mark Graves Of New War Dead
A distant plain and low blue mountains frame a temporary American military graveyard in Korea. Fresh white crosses mark graves of soldiers as Koreans add new ones, the scene conveying sorrow and hope that the fallen will someday return home.
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Sounth
Keres
Woorden
von Tan Sre
State Food Prices Rise in Baltimore Area
Food prices continued to move up in the Baltimore area with war scare blamed by storekeepers. Pork prices rose to 69 cents per pound for whole hams and 89 cents for center cuts. frying chickens climbed to 45 to 47 cents. beef cuts up two to four cents. Loading brands up four cents to 83 and 80 cents per pound. other brands 69 to cents. MESSENGER DIES Washington July 11 chief White House messenger Beardley 64 died today. car crash followed likely heart attack. Criss cross price currents appeared in New York stock market July 31.
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Baltimore
Messenger
Washington
White House
Nhn
Beardley
New York
Enemy Tanks Destroyed By Air Force
Tokyo reports fierce North Korean assault as Red tanks clash with American defenses along the Kum river line near Taejon. U.S. forces withdraw under heavy pressure while Fifth Air Force bombers and B-29s strike bridges and roads. Red tanks reportedly spearhead dawn attack driving troops from frontline positions. 11 tanks led the thrust with several American tanks knocked out.
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Tokyo
Kum River
South Korea
Weshesday
Uly
Monster
Finks
U.S
Taejon
Korea
Chanut
Chochinwon
PSAHE
Takeya
Chochiwon
MacArthur
Kum
U. S
Washington
He Defense Department
USS
Pyongyang
Peonglaek Inchan
Suwon
Chinchan
Ree
Cochiwon
Miho
Chanui
Imimunique
Chongan
Umsong-Chongju
Utchin
Pusan
Fifth Air Force
Edward Sheese
Terre Haute
Ind
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
Lambert Pean
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