Patterson to Quit Cabinet as War Secretary Resigns
Patterson resigns as Secretary of War after seven years in top posts. President Truman accepts and names Kenneth C Hoyt to succeed him. Washington notes Patterson’s push for armed forces unification and demobilization issues while Forrestal and others react to the shift in War Department leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Truman
Patterson
Kenneth C. Hoyatt
North Carolina
Senate
Henry L Stimson
War Department
Howard C. Petersen
White House
Forrestal
Royall
Judge Patterson
Navy
Robert C. Patterson
National Defense
Departments of War
Air
W. Stuart Symington
Jet Plane Crashes Killing Pilot in New Mexico
A U S Army P 80 jet crashed into a gasoline station at Carrizozo New Mexico killing the pilot and injuring five others. Captain Floyd G Soule 28 of March Field California identified. The wreck caused serious burns to Joe Drake 25 and the eight year old son of Fred Dale. Several other people were hospitalized with minor injuries. The plane had landed there two days earlier when fuel ran low. Sheriff Nick Vega said two of the injured were in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrizozo. N. M
Nick Vega
Joe Drake
Fred Dale
March Field
Calif. Army Air Base
Floyd G. Soule
Hila
Riverside
Calif
Henry Soule
Free Soil
Drake
Dale Child
Vega
Pick Warden
Commodore Quynn to Represent Adm. Nimitz at Valor Convention
Baltimore hosts the seventh annual national convention of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor opening tomorrow for five days. Commodore Allen G. Quynn will represent Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Joseph F. Mannion of Baltimore to be installed as national commander Wednesday. Speakers include Mayor Thomas D Alesandro Brig Gen Leon W Johnson and Robert W Black. Sunday features rededication of a monument to Ens Charles H Hammon and Pvt Henry G Costin, Medal of Honor recipients. Membership open to veterans with the Medal of Honor or high Navy awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Allen G. Quynn
Robert W. Black
Executive Association of
Charles H. Hammon
Henry G. Costin
90 Days Term In Jail For Frank Grove
Magistrate Manuel M. Weinberg sentenced Frank Grove to 90 days in jail in default of $100 no conviction for drunkenness after he pleaded guilty. Austin Young also convicted of drunkenness received a suspended $10 or ten days fine. Grove was found passed out in a restroom on South Court street. The magistrate warned future breaches will trigger $100 or 90 days. Myrtle Newton faced a suspended three month sentence for switching a neighbor’s child’s legs.
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Manuel M. Weinberg
Frank “Jake” Grove
Austin Young
Grove
Martin Kanade
South Court Street
Myrtle Newton
Taney
House of Correction
Wanda
Bussard
Newton
Myrtle Bussard
Taney Apartments
Roland Dorsey
Frederick
Stanley Biggis
David Brown
Buckeystown
Patrick O'Malley
Graham White
Randall B. Garst
Rt J. Frederick
Sergt
Dan. Swomdler
Motter Ave Recreation Center fundraiser nets big cash
The neighborhood circus and fair at Staley Park raised over 431 dollars for Motter Avenue Recreation Center playground equipment. Local residents promised further fund efforts to match City Playground funds for a swimming pool at Staley Park. A director and volunteers led the event with cake sales, lemonade stands, a pony show, and penny donations from De G T Strother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motter Ave
Staley Park
Motter Avenue
Alton Y. Bennett
de G T Strother
Brunswick
Lilovd Culler
Bennett
Pee
Judge Sary
R. E . Brown
Father of 17 Hangs Self at Lucketts Farm
Leesburg Va July 18 Oden Frye 64 father of 17 children was found dead by family in the barn at their Lucketts home. Death by hanging in ill health. Death certificate by Dr W P Frazer county coroner. Survived by widow and 17 children and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services at Faith Chapel Rev Summers E McGavock officiating pallbearers named.
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Leesburg
Oden Frye
Lucketts
W. P. Frazer
Wiliam
Annie Bales Frye
Virgie Bombhouse Frye
Albert. Irving
Earl Howard
Dallas Austin
George Carnes
Robert Flynn
Lennox Frye
Raymond Athey
Ralph Spring
Billy Frye
Mamie
Violet
Marie
Kenneth
Goldie
James Frye
Faith Chapel
Summers E. McGavock
John Dwyer
Irving Athey
William Shry
Donald Cook
William Trita
More Applications For Jobs On File
Baltimore figures show a rise in job applications on file with the State Employment Service. June totals edged up to about 29,900 from 27,500 at the end of May, led by students seeking vacation work. The gain is centered in Baltimore, with placements rising sharply due to seasonal farm and food processing labor. Over 7,200 people found work in June, a 434 percent increase from May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Employment Service
Russell S Davis
Employment Security Board
Davis
Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted at North Market Street
Local optical service at 41 North Market Street offers eye examinations and eyeglasses fittings. Contact number 35 for appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Market St. Fhone
First To Qualify As Nash 1¢-Point Dealer
C Russell Lawson of New Market was honored at a dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for becoming the area’s first Nash dealer to qualify as a Nash Motors ten point dealer. Lawson Motor Sales staff wore papel buttons as Nash officials attended. Mr and Mrs Amos Byter Graceham welcomed a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key Hotel
C. Russell Lawson
New Market
Nash
Nash Motors
Lawson Motor Sales
Court News Marriage Licenses and Property Deeds
Court News lists marriage licenses for William FAL Dirks and Florerice Hitchings both of Philadelphia plus several other couples with ages and locales. It also records annullments and divorces in towns including Middletown and Libertytown, and notes deeds transferring property worth about $25,000 and $10 to named spouses in county and circuit jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fal Dirks
Florerice L Hitchings
Philadelphia
Ralph Leon Blank
Frederick Route
Evelyn Annabelle Morgan
Monrovia
Alonzo R. Barkman
Lantz
Catherine Marie Baxter
Thermont
Arthur L. Brown
Arlington
Dorothy M Polo
Herndon
Merton G. Garber
Libertytown
Lillian F. Frounfelier
Mt. Pleasant
Richard L. Trojano
Washington
Genevieve Sienkofer
Middletown
N.Y
Claude C. Trout
Austin D. Trout
Daisy Waesche
Ralph W. Miller
Agnes L Little
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Carroll
Westminster
Senate Committee
Conor Markey
Carroll County
Erman
County Board of Election Supervisors
Ocon Ar
Markey
Commodore Quynn
Adm
Nimitz
Charles P. Staley
Storm Windows
Prompi
Thomas & Sons, Inc
Boonsboro, Md
Walter Snow
Amos Bvyter
Graceham
Sunda
the News
Frederick, Md
Motorola
Evo
Frederick, Ma
Better Homes, Inc
Asmilet
Hagerstown, Md
Johns-Manville
W. C. Hargett Lumber CO
Jefferson ST
Steinway
Chickering
Winter
Magnavox
Rca-Victor
Phieco
Zenith Wilcox
GAY Sonora
Moler Music Store
General Office
Inter
Just
Dorsey F. Shipley
North Market St
New Midway
Fire Company Carnival
Myers Band
Skyliners Hillbillies
Sleepy McDaniels
Ga.m
Woodsboro Veneer and Lumber Company
Woodsboero
Maryland
Pearbe’s
Court News
Doll’s JeWeLry Store
South Market ST
Blue Ridge
Charles Marino
Nicodemus Paint Store
North Court ST
Tery
A. A. Lough,& Son
Rock OF Ages Monuments
Wlincis
Blow—Hlinois
Jacquet
You
Johnny Moore
Caldonia
Louis Jordan
Hoagr
Cars Michael Tango of Roses—The Three Sons
Dream Street
Buddy Weed
Trio the Junsle King
Count Basie
Lazy Mood
Frankie Carle
the Lord
Rosetta Tharpe
Dr. Clayton
A Porter's
Julia Lee
Canaan Land
The
Jubalaires
Billy Eckstine
Ella Fitzgerald
Mr Sonz
Herb Jeffries
Erskine Hawkins
Temptston
Red Engie
Shep
Red Foley
Little Darian
Terle Trav
Johnny Bond
Tex Williams
Bruner
Barenfield Bros
Pappy
Gabe” Beaver
Mama
Wesley Tuttle Kelly Waltz
Sons of the Pioneers
Hank Williams
Ernest Tubb
Roy Acuff
Kentucky
Blue Skx Boys
Ernest Tubbs
Rosetea Tharpe
Radio Center
TI South Market St. Fhone
Markell & Ford
Phione
Charles H. Heintzeman
Charles Street
Balimore
Syracuse
China
Radcliffe
Mt. Vernon Rose
Garden Rose
Donna
Yorkshire
Nasturtium
Kemsberg i Jeweley Store
KEY Hotel Bldg
Lincoln
Reo Service: Inc
Fredericktown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Nnroof
H. B. Duvall
Ensor Hardware CO
New Windsor, Md
H. C. Summers CO
Jefferson, Ma
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