Preliminary Work Starts On Dual Road
Preliminary work on the dual highway between Myersville and Frederick has begun by J Langenfelder Baltimore Contractor to place the base for macadam paving. A stone crushing plant on Shooks Town road is in use as grading proceeds, with multiple sections treated simultaneously. Willams Construction Company advances from Myersville toward Hagerstown with grading and base laying, while city officials await State resurfacing decisions for Market and Patrick streets and the use of gasoline tax funds.
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Myersville
Frederick
J. Langenfelder
Baltimore
Shookstown
Willams Construction Company
Hagerstown
Washington County
Langenfelder
Williams Company
W. Raymond Walter
Market
Patrick Streets
Walter
Nomination of Gen. Markey at Maryland GOP Convention
Gen Markey retired brigadier general of Walkersville will be nominated for the U S Senate at the Maryland Republican State Convention in Baltimore next Monday. Miss Pearl Eader of Braddock Heights nominates the candidate, with Col William C Purnell Wilmer Fell Davis and James Stewart seconding. The event also marks an anticipated nomination of Mayor McKeldin of Baltimore for governor. the noon session will be held at the Lord Baltimore Hotel with local attendees expected.
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John Markey
Walkersville
United States Senate
Baltimore
Miss Pearl Eader
Braddock Heights
Frederick
Allegany
Maryland
Markey
Wiliam C. Purnell
Wilmer Fell Davis
Federalsburg
James Stewart
Salisbury
Gen
Senate
Lord Baltimore
MclXeldin
Cumberland Man Declines Rent Board Chairmanship
Cumberland July 18 Robert E Barnard has declined the chairmanship of a seven man fair rent commission named by Governor O Connell for Cumberland. He sent a wire saying he could not serve. Other appointees include David Kauffman Robert W Young Daniel F McMullen J Thurston Bord E R Stutzman and W Boyd Coleman Stutzman heads the Western Maryland labor unity conference and Coleman leads a Cumberland local of the Textile Workers Union of America CIO.
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Cumberland
Robert E. Barnard
Fair Rent Commission
O Conor
Connie Mack To Be Honored By Lions
Connie Mack, 13 year old owner of the last place Philadelphia Athletics, will receive the 1946 Lions International sportsmanship award at Shibe Park before the afternoon game with the Cleveland Indians. Lions officials cite Mack's past achievements. Lou Boudreau of the Indians is also to be honored as honorary Seminole Indian chief by the Florida delegation.
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Philadelphia
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Lions International
Mack
Shibe Park
Cleveland Indians
Lions
Lou Boudreau
Indians
Florida
Mackenzies Column on the Paris parley and East West distrust
DEWITT MACKENZIE analyzes Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg’s report on the Paris parley of foreign ministers. He argues that mutual suspicion fuels East West tensions and proposes a mutual pact to refrain from propaganda and external interference, urging a peaceful shared destiny after World War II.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Arshur H. Vandenberg
Senate
Paris
Byrnes
Vandenberg
Europe
Russia
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Amity
McKeldin Visits Maryland State School for the Deaf
Baltimore officials led by Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin visited the Maryland State School for the Deaf on Wednesday. Judge Thomas J. Waxter and Francis A. Davis, all Baltimore City officials, inspected the buildings and grounds and discussed education and sign language.
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Theodore R. McKeldin
Thomas J. Waxter
Department of Public Welfare
Baltimore City
Francis A. Davis
Baltimore
Maryland State School For the Deaf
McKeirdin
Charles Moylan
Truman Says He'll Speak This Fall
President Truman said he will campaign for Democrats this year if useful and opposes Rep. Roger C. Slaughter in Missouri. He asked James Pendergast to back Enos Axtell and indicated Pendergast would not support Slaughter. He noted no comment on Wheeler’s renomination defeat and defended Wheeler in a railway labor dispute. He plans to vote August 6 and spoke about supporting DNC chair Robert B. Hannegan and acknowledged Charles Viper Bell faces no opposition today.
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Washington
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Fiji
Missouri
James Pendergast
Kansas City
Enos Axtell
Slaughter
Pendergast
Wheeler
D-Mont
Missouti
Democratic Party
Pepsin Tani Nanadan
Robert B. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Hannegan
Charles -Viper Bell
Bell
CIO PAC selects Jack Kroll to head policy board
Washington reports that Jack Kroll is named administrative head of the CIO Political Action Committee with a five man executive board to govern policy replacing the former one man control under Sidney Hillman. The move signals a shift in how PAC activities are led at the national level.
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Roll
Hillman
Washington
Jack Kroll
CIO
Political Action Committee
PAC
Sidney Hillman
Recovery Tendencies In Early Stock Market Session
New York stocks showed selective recovery trends as leaders barely moved or remained unchanged amid a quiet market. Analysts cited limited buying and cautious trading as the session progressed with only a few names advancing.
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New York
Step Right In Inn Sign: What foods these morsels be
Abington, Massachusetts item recalls a vintage inn sign reading What foods these morsels be. The fragment hints at a historic locale scene with archaic phrasing and a glimpse of 19th century dining culture.
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Abington
Mass
Civil War Tensions Rise in China Yangtze Region
Rival Chinese government and Communist forces march along the Yangtze as civil war threats deepen. Mao Zedong era reports note Chou En-Lai accusing government aggression while Peng Hsueh-Pei defends a northern Communist advance toward Nanking and Shanghai. General Marshall tours Kuling and Nanking amid fragile cease fire efforts as loaded planes depart Nanking for reconnaissance and strikes.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
China
Chou En-Lai
Peng Hsueh-Pei
Yangtze
Shanghai
Peng
Chungking
Marshall
U. S
Lat Kuling
Chiang Kai-Shek
John Leighton Stuart
United States
Manchuria
Kuling Ta
Marsall
Ships Sunk By A-Bomb Were Badly Wrecked
Lt Commander J T Simpson described Bikini Lagoon wrecks of five ships sunk July 1 aboard the U S S Mount McKinley. He and nine divers found the Gilliam with its superstructure gone and scattered wreckage while the destroyer Samson lay bent and crushed. Vice Admiral Blandy noted no fusing from heat but cautioned remaining radioactivity dangerous days later.
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U. S. S. Mount McKinley
Bikini Lagoon
J. T. Simpson
Lynchburg
Gilliam
Pittsburgh
Samson
Aked
Blandy
Slayer Sought in Salem slaying prompts county hunt
Salem and Stark County authorities joined forces today in a manhunt for the slayer of 26 year old Mrs Geraldine Elizabeth Bock of Pittsburgh mother of two. Her body was found yesterday morning 75 feet from her ditched automobile beside a country road six miles southeast of Alliance. She had been shot twice one through the cheek and one through the arm. Blood stains were found in the automobile. Ration bread plans reported as government moves to proceed despite bakers revolt threats.
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Salem
Columbiana
Stark County
Geraldine Elizabeth Bock
Pittsburgh
Alliance
Southany Block & Supply Corporation Formed
Richard F. Kline announced a new company to manufacture and sell cement and cinder building blocks and a full line of building supplies. A five acre site between Fast Fourth and East Fifth streets, west of the H. and F. tracks, will host a Besser Super Vibrapac plant with 800,000? capacity. The venture, to begin this fall, will cost over $100,000 in improvements. Officers: Richard F. Kline president Joseph M. Kline vice president Nevin T. R. Waskey secretary treasurer. Existing road construction and paving operations will continue and move to the new site.
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Richard F. Kline
Walter’ J. Powell
Fast Fourth Street
East Fifth Street
Besser
Southany Block & Supply Corporation
Joseph M. Kline
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Kling
Ithe
Talmadge Is Nominated in Georgia Primary
Georgia voters and party leaders react to the Democratic primary results with Eugene Talmadge leading in most counties by unit votes while James V. Carmichael garners strong popular support. early tallies show Talmadge ahead in 100 counties with 234 unit votes and Carmichael leading in 48 counties with 156 unit votes amid unreported precincts and large Negro voter participation. Italy's premier expresses disappointment over American promises and warns the republic could fail if Trieste gains international status per four power ministers.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Eugene Talemadge
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
B. J. Rivers
Hoke Okelley
Rivers
O'Meller
Deep South
Italy
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Trieste
Lib ertyown teen fined for grabbing matron on main street
John Buller a 17 year old Libertytown youth, was fined 20 plus costs by Magistrate Edward J. Smith after a two hour Peoples Court hearing. The case centered on an incident on June 13 when the matron left home to walk to her husband’s workplace and alleged a color youth grabbed her leg above the knee as they passed on the town street. The defense argued the matter arose from past rumors and that no assault occurred. The magistrate ruled the act was momentary and sentenced Butler to pay fines with the testimony deeming his act reprehensible but not premeditated.
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Libertytown
John Buller
Healdred
Edward J. Smith
Edwin F. Nikirk
Ness
Butler
W. W. Corbin
Sherman P. Bowers
Richard E. Zimmerman
Charles Riggies
House of Correction
Smith
Regales
Philippine land sale sparks protest and congressional probe
The Manila report details a planned sale of the Buena Vista estate to a syndicate linked to the San Juan de Dios Hospital. Critics fear below market deals and profiteering, with Mons Jovellanos and Bishop Jose N. Jovel among officials warning of a capitol clash as peasants protest.
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Manta
Philippine Congress
Ito
Jeune’ An
Catholic Hospital
Association of the Heent
Acre
Buena’ Vista
Manual Sean A Orsiméni
San ‘Juan de Dios
Burt
Congressional
Hospital
Thegament
Burl
McNutt- Burt
Roxas
Commonwealth
Jovellanos
Bart
Fas -Pliempling
Truman
Ope Pius
United Nations
Poe
Tae
Automobile Battery Destroyed In Chevy Sedan Fire
A Chevrolet sedan suffered a complete loss as an early morning fire damaged the battery and cable area. Firefighters, aided by the United Rescue Squad, contained the blaze to the vehicle about 9 10 a m, likely starting from a short circuit. Owner’s name unavailable.
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United Iescue Squadry
War Contracts Probe Narrows as Senate Panel Reviews
Washington July 18 The Senate War Investigating Committee reported it has uncovered new evidence in a midwest munitions inquiry and may compel Rep May to testify. The panel met behind closed doors for over an hour to discuss possible sites and the Erie Basin Company ties.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Combine
Senate War -Investigating Committee
Mead
Man Charged in Drunk Driving Case Cited in Court
Riggles testified he was too intoxicated to recall the incident. He admitted three court martial appearances in fourteen months and a long record of municipal convictions. State's Attorney Nikirk prosecuted. Wilbur F. Sheffield Jr. defended him. Arresting officers were Lieut. Frank Dorsey Sgt. Ben Phebus and Officer Martin Kanode.
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Riggles
Nikirk
Wilbur F. Sheffield, Jr
Frank Dorsey
Ben Phebus
Martin Kanod2
Indian Gurkhas Uphold Tradition in Japan Guard Duty
A group of Indian Gurkhas in Kure Japan drew attention from AP photographer Charles Garry for posing with knives. After debate they chose one man to pose, but he cut his thumb to honor the rule that the weapon remains drawn until blood is drawn, and he was rushed to hospital.
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Kure
Japan
Associated Press
Charles Garry
Gerry
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Kuling
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