Corn Borer Damage Reported in Frederick County Fields
Farmers report extensive corn borer damage in 1947 with a second brood due in about ten days. Sugar corn fields show heavy infestation while other crops like potatoes, grapes, and garden vegetables face widespread attack amid dry warm weather. Responding sprays and aerial applications using DDT are in use. beetle traps are common as roadside spraying continues.
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Frederick
R. Shoemaxi
Packer
Shoemaker
Hager House To Go Up At Public Sale
A damaged notice indicates a public sale of the Hager House with limited readable details. It mentions possible political figures in vague terms and hints at a campaign context without clear facts or dates.
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Hager House
Meat Prices Reach New Highs Across Markets
Prices hit all time levels in Chicago and East St Louis with hogs at 30.50 per hundredweight and cattle and lambs setting records. Experts forecast possible declines next year only if a bumper corn crop helps, as demand softened but buyers persisted. George Dressler cites record retail prices despite resistance, noting meat shortages persist amid high costs.
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E Agriculture Department
Chicago
East S. Louis
East St. Louis
Lamb
George Dressler
National Retail Meat Dealers Assoociation
Dressler
Million Dollar Construction Mark Reached in New York Area
Building operations in Frederick city passed the million dollar mark in the first six months of the year, outpacing the entire 1947 total. Permits total $51,063,110 as of June 30, with officials noting 1946 could yield the largest construction figure in state history.
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Frederick City
Watkins Acres
Hood College
Thehtz
West Nded
Éwelline Cramer
Igut
Battle Call Sounds At Democratic Convention Amid Cheerful War Cry
HAL BOYLE describes a Democratic National Convention scene where Alben Barkley delivers a stirring battle cry unifying delegates. The veteran speaker extols New Deal achievements, references Jefferson and Truman, and guides the crowd from gloom to hopeful action as James Roosevelt sings and crowds cheer.
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Alben
Demeocra
Barkley
King Saul
Democrats
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Kentucky
Truman
Roosevelt
Lincoln
New Yor
James Roosevelt
Insanity Plea Entered in Baltimore Court Case
Eugene H. James 31 pleaded insanity at arraignment on a charge of slaving a file marshal. His trial was set for August. Officers reported a similar pattern to a previous incident in Rock Creek Park. The case links to Carol Bardwell and a nearby arrest.
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Baltimore
Eugene H. James
Tor
Washington
James
Carol Bardwell
Rock Creek Park
Ben Old
H. Murphy
Weather report notes scant rainfall at Carlisle area
The Weather Bureau reports rainfall in Carlisle area this week shows only a trace of inch of rain, far below the 9.36 inches recorded in the 77 year history at the local weather station. The brief notes July 13 mention ongoing rain shortages affecting crops and local conditions.
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Marsiang
Ladly
Weather Bureau
Planes to Fuel Berlin Airlift Expansion Reported
Reports from London say the United States and Britain plan a rapid airlift expansion to Berlin with new Skymaster transports and four engine carriers joining the effort. Col Glen R. Burchard commands the new unit based in Germany as Moscow urges a quick peace treaty to hasten troop withdrawals.
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Berliv
British War Office
Moscow
London
Merchant Stricken in Pleasant Dies of Heart Attack at 42
Hugh Nikirk Barnes, a prominent Pleasant merchant, died suddenly at about 10:45 p.m. while walking home from his business. A son of the late Jesse L. and Annie W. Nikirk Barnes, he was 42 and had run a general store and Gulf Oil station in Pleasant. He is survived by his wife, two nephews, and a niece. The body is at the funeral home.
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Hugh Nikirk Barnes
Pleasant
Barnes
Nir Barnes
Gulf Oil
Hom Pleasant
Nene
Wolfe
Gulf Station
Jefferson Patreols
Mt. Pleasant
Jesse L
Annie VV
Nikirk Barnes
Frederick Acric
Novider
Flole
Frederick Lodge
LO. O. M
Ponson Barnes
Herman M. Orvison
Platform Compromise Includes Race and Labor Planks
A 4500 word platform draft, debated by a 108 member committee, advances race and labor planks and shifts toward international cooperation. It proposes living costs controls, aid to Israel, federal housing and school funding, farm price supports, and higher minimum wages while condemning tax cuts for the wealthy. It also urges admission of 100000 war refugees and criticizes current immigration law as un-American.
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Torm
Sprighis Deel Ronett Dixie
Righ Dent
Truman
Ted
Palestine
Israel
Jerusalem
Republican Party
275 Women Register At Conference At Hood College
Two hundred seventy five women registered this morning at Hood College as the Women's Guild of Evangelical and Reform ed church opened its four day conference. Delegates from Maryland and Virginia will attend sessions and a Dr. Carl Briete missionary will speak at eight this evening.
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Hood College
Women's Guild of Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ioirginia
Maryland
Carl Briete
Overton
D. Baker
School Windows Broken Report Causes Wet Scene
A partially readable item notes broken school windows and a wet scene after an incident. The fragment mentions damage at a school building and unsettled conditions observed by observers. Further details are unclear from the OCR snippet.
Slips At The Mike For As Meat over is a convention Taplane
A brief, unclear line noting a convention event titled As Meat over is a convention Taplane with possible speaker slip at the microphone, leaving readers uncertain about location or date. No identifiable persons or organizations are clearly given.
Frederick Had Gala Time Marking Santiago Victory
Frederick celebrated fifty years after Admiral Schley’s Santiago victory with a city parade. The Palmetta Fibre Company and Ox Fibre Brush Company backed plans emulating the 1898 triumph, featuring a Schley figure parade, firing squads, and chimes playing patriotic tunes as crowds cheered along Market Street sites and the Square.
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Frederick
Winfeld Scott Schley
Santiago
Seley
Cuban
Sampson
Schley
Palmetta Fibre Company
Ox Fibre Brush
Schlex
Scott Schley
Mead
Hal McClintock Young
Brush Company
Young
Walter Saunders
C. Htein
Richard Powe
Lord Tantine
EY Goldborough
Freon
Harce
George & Reaieck
Harry Gray Cyrus F
Devilla
High-Priced Steak And Barkley Speech Stir Democrats In Philly
A Philadelphia scene features debate over costly steak and a Barkley speech stirring Democratic voters. The item references local excitement and party energy around a key event in the city.
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Philly
Barkley Named Truman's Vice Presidential Mate
In Philadelphia Barkley is cited as a possible vice presidential pick for President Truman. McGrath notes the White House welcome mat for Barkley and expects a swift convention close with a compact session to adopt a platform and pick candidates. President Truman may address the final session as the convention aims for a rapid close.
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Barkley
White House
McGrath
Truman
Washington
Trumant
Margaret
Philadelphia
Mass Trial In Zagreb Prominent Croatian Spy Case Opens
In Belgrade Yugoslavia July 1974 the Croatian Supreme Court began a mass trial of 30 accused spies and terrorists linked to the Ustashi network. Indictments accuse them of aiding German occupation crimes including the death of over 260 people. The defendants, led by Ljubo Milosh, face charges of disrupting communications and collaboration with Vatican and British American authorities. Police had arrested many as they entered the country in the past year.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Croatian Supreme Court
Vatican
Ljubo Milosh
Ustachi
Sostavia
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Alexander Brengle
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Mealey
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Frank Smith
John Weed
Dorsey Owings
Albert Brie Cardell
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Frank Eisenhauer
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Ogle
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